George Harold Shepstone (9 April 1876 – 3 July 1940) was a South African cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1896 and 1899. He played first-class cricket for Transvaal from 1897–98 to 1904–05.^[1]

Shepstone was an all-rounder – a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler – who made his first-class and Test debuts in the same match, for South Africa against England in 1895–96. Playing in only the second of the three-Test series, he scored 21 and 9 batting in the middle order, and took no wickets.^[2]

Shepstone was one of only two century-makers in the Currie Cup in 1897–98, with 104 for Transvaal against Griqualand West.^[3] Opening the Transvaal bowling with Jimmy Sinclair, he also took 14 wickets in the competition, including 5 for 77 and 4 for 34 against Natal.^[4]

When England next toured South Africa in 1898–99, Shepstone played in the First Test, but was unsuccessful and South Africa lost. He was not selected for the Test team again.^[5]

Shepstone played in the Transvaal teams that won the Currie Cup in 1902–03 and 1903–04,^[1] and toured England in 1904 with the South African team, when no Tests were played, but he played in only six of the 22 first-class matches.^[6]

Shepstone married Ellen Hilda Chambers, a divorcee, in Johannesburg in August 1907.^[7] In July 1940, suffering from bowel cancer, he shot himself in the head, and died in hospital in Germiston, aged 64.^[8]

• George Shepstone at ESPNcricinfo