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John Shepherd
Personal information
Born	9 November 1943 (age 81); Belleplaine, Saint Andrew Parish, Barbados
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	West Indies;
Test debut	12 June 1969 v England
Last Test	13 April 1971 v India
Domestic team information
1964/65–1970/71	Barbados
1966–1981	Kent
1975/76	Rhodesia
1982–1987	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
	Source: CricInfo, 5 April 2017

John Neil Shepherd (born 9 November 1943) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played in five Test matches for the West Indies cricket team between 1969 and 1971. Shepherd had a long career in English county cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He was born in Belleplaine, St Andrew in Barbados and played for the Barbados cricket team in his early career.^[1]^[2]

Shepherd made his Test debut against England in Manchester, taking five wickets.^[3] He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1979.

Although Shepherd's Test career was short, he played a remarkable amount of first-class cricket in a variety of venues: he played in both South Africa and Rhodesia, played 15 years for Kent and seven for Gloucestershire. He was the Cricket Professional at Eastbourne College in the early 1990s and President of Kent for 2011 where, as of 2017, he sits on the committee.^[1]^[4]^[5]