Donald Shearer

Edgar Donald Reid Shearer CBE (6 June 1909 – 9 July 1999) was an amateur sportsman who played both association football and cricket at international levels. Shearer became an OBE after World War II and a CBE in the 1970s.

Early life Shearer was born in England in 1909, but spent most of his life in Ireland. In the early 1930s, he also played for Derry City. and represented Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He played in Great Britain's match against Poland, scoring a goal.

He was made several offers to turn professional, including from Arsenal, but he declined, In 1932, he became the first cricketer to score a century in the final of the North West Senior Cup, when he made 110 runs. Shearer played in Ireland's match at College Park, Dublin in September of that year.

In 1948, Shearer founded the Leprechauns Cricket Club, and is the only cricketer to be an Honorary Life Member of the club.

Later life During World War II, Shearer served in North Africa and was the commander of the garrison in Tobruk, Libya. He later became the managing director of a textile company in Belfast, before becoming a director of Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son.

He died in July 1999, at the age of 90, and his obituary was published in Wisden.