Frederick Shaw

Frederick Roland Studdert Shaw (29 February 1892 – 2 December 1935) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Shaw was born at Dublin in February 1892, and was educated in England at Archbishop Holgate's School. After completing his education in England, he returned to Dublin in 1909 to study medicine at Trinity College. He played in the same fixture at Dublin in 1914,

He graduated from Trinity College in 1914, gaining the rank permanently in August of the following year. He was promoted to captain in January 1916. Shaw was awarded the Military Cross in January 1917. At wars end, he held the rank of acting major, but relinquished this rank in June 1919, whereby he retained the rank of captain.

Following the war, he continued to serve in the British Army. As a fast-medium bowler, Shaw took 21 wickets a bowling average of 13.80. Shaw was later posted to Iraq sometime around 1925. During a Kurdish revolt in 1926, Shaw was instrumental in obtaining the release of two Royal Air Force officers that had been captured by forces loyal to Mahmud Barzanji.

He resigned his commission shortly thereafter, joining the Iraq Petroleum Company as their Chief Medical Officer in October 1927. He died in Iraq at the K3 Pipe Line Station near Haditha in December 1935. He is buried at the Haifa Cemetery in Israel. He was a cousin of the playwright George Bernard Shaw.