Editing David Sheppard (section)

{{Short description|English cleric and cricketer (1929–2005)}}
{{Other people}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = {{pre-nominal styles|size=100%|RRevd|&RHon}}
| name             = The Lord Sheppard of Liverpool
| image            = Bishop-David-Sheppard.jpg
| caption          = Sheppard in 1969
| birth_name       = David Stuart Sheppard
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1929|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Reigate]], Surrey, England
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2005|3|5|1929|3|6|df=y}}
| death_place      = [[West Kirby]], Merseyside, England
| parents          = 
| spouse           = Grace Isaac<ref name=r1/>
| children         = Jenny Sinclair<ref name=r1>{{cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/archbishop-desmond-tutu-pays-tribute-3374372|title=Archbishop Desmond Tutu pays tribute to Grace Sheppard at Liverpool Cathedral thanksgiving service|work=Liverpool Echo|last=Miles|first=Tina|date=9 May 2011|access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
| module           = 
{{Infobox Christian leader|embed=yes
| title            = [[Bishop of Liverpool]]
| church           = [[Church of England]]
| diocese          = [[Anglican Diocese of Liverpool|Diocese of Liverpool]]
| enthroned        = 1975
| term_end         = 1997 (retired)
| predecessor      = [[Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch|Stuart Blanch]]
| successor        = [[James Jones (bishop)|James Jones]]
| other_post       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[life peer]]<br />1998–2005
* [[Bishop of Woolwich]]<br />1969–1975
}}
<!---------- Orders ---------->
| ordination       = 29 September 1955 (deacon); 29 September 1956 (priest)
| ordained_by      = [[William Wand]] (deacon); [[Henry Montgomery Campbell]] (priest) 
| consecration     = 18 October 1969
| consecrated_by   = [[Michael Ramsey]]
<!---------- Personal details ---------->
| occupation       = [[Cricket]]er
}}
| module2                   = 
{{Infobox cricketer|embed=yes
| name              = David Sheppard
| batting           = Right-handed
| bowling           = [[Slow left arm orthodox]]
| international     = true
| country           = England
| testdebutdate     = 12 August
| testdebutyear     = 1950
| testdebutagainst  = West Indies
| lasttestdate      = 19 March
| lasttestyear      = 1963
| lasttestagainst   = New Zealand
| testcap           = 353
| club2             = [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]
| year2             = 1950–1952
| club1             = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year1             = 1947–1962
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1          = 22
| runs1             = 1,172
| bat avg1          = 37.80
| 100s/50s1         = 3/6
| top score1        = 119
| deliveries1       = –
| wickets1          = –
| bowl avg1         = –
| fivefor1          = –
| tenfor1           = –
| best bowling1     = –
| catches/stumpings1= 12/–
| column2           = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2          = 230 
| runs2             = 15,838
| bat avg2          = 43.51
| 100s/50s2         = 45/75
| top score2        = 239[[Not out (cricket)|*]]
| deliveries2       = 120
| wickets2          = 2
| bowl avg2         = 44.00
| fivefor2          = 0
| tenfor2           = 0
| best bowling2     = 1/5
| catches/stumpings2= 194/–
| source            = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20159.html Cricinfo
}}
}}

'''David Stuart Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool''' (6 March 1929 – 5 March 2005) was a [[Church of England]] [[bishop]] who played [[cricket]] for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] and [[English cricket team|England]] in his youth, before serving as [[Bishop of Liverpool]] from 1975 to 1997. Sheppard remains the only ordained minister to have played [[Test cricket]],<ref name="Cap">{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page= 146 }}<!--|access-date=28 April 2011--></ref> though others such as [[Tom Killick]] were ordained after playing Tests.