Abraham Shuker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAbraham Shuker
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1848
Place of Birth: Stockton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1909
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Abraham Shuker
- Abraham Shuker (6 July 1848 – 11 February 1909) was an English schoolmaster and cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1874 and 1882. Shuker was born in Stockton, Shropshire, the son of John Shuker, a bailiff, and his wife Charlotte.
- He was educated at Brewood School, Staffordshire, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1872 and MA in 1879. On leaving university he became a master at Trent College. Shuker played for Staffordshire in 1873 and joined Derbyshire in the 1874 season where he made his first-class debut In his first match he opened the batting to score 41 runs, in a win against Lancashire.
- His second first-class game was the return match against Lancashire and he also played in a scratch side against Nottinghamshire.
- He played two first-class matches a season without making much impression in 1875, 1876 and 1877.
- He played three first-class matches in the 1878 season and again in the 1879 season when he played an additional match for the club against Harrow Wanderers.
- In the 1880 season, he played four matches and hit 55 against Sussex to top the batting averages for the season.
- In the 1881 season he played three matches and scored 45 against Sussex.
- In the 1882 season, he played one match which was his last in June against Sussex, and opened with Duncan Johnston to make his top score of 86. Shuker was a right-handed batsman and played 40 innings in 22 first-class matches with an average of 15.81 and a top score of 86.Shuker retired from Trent College in 1904 after 32 years, having just established the Trent Association.
- He died at Chell House in Tunstall, Staffordshire at the age of 60.
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