David Sheppard his clerical career and declined to tour unless required as a captain. In 1956 he was recalled to play Australia and made 113 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford, where Jim Laker famously took 19 wickets and England won by an innings. He refused to play against the touring South Africans in 1960, and was a vocal opponent of the proposed MCC tour in 1968–69 which was ultimately cancelled after the South African government refused to allow Basil D'Oliveira to play. Sheppard was willing to take a sabbatical from his church mission in the East End in order to
Cricket in South Africa South African father and English mother, left the country claiming that he was put at a disadvantage by the quota system, and within a few years became one of the world's top batsmen – as a member of the England cricket team. Formerly known as the United Cricket Board of South Africa, Cricket South Africa is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council and African Cricket Association with Test and One Day International status. South Africa's first-class competition began in 1889–1890 and was known as