John Shaw (cricketer)

John Hilary Shaw (born 18 October 1932, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is a former Australian cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1953 to 1961. He toured New Zealand with the Australian team in 1959–60, but did not play Test cricket.

Shaw attended St Joseph's College, Geelong. Like his uncle, Lindsay Hassett, he played for South Melbourne Cricket Club, where he eventually made more than 5000 runs.

He made his first-class debut for Victoria against Tasmania in 1953–54 as a middle-order batsman. He established himself in the state team in 1955–56 as an opener, scoring 82, the highest score of the match, in Victoria's victory over Queensland in the first match of the season. However, he ducked into a delivery from Pat Crawford in the match against New South Wales in Sydney and was taken to hospital. He did not play again that season; his place in the team was taken by Bill Lawry, making his first-class debut.

He began the 1956–57 season with another score of 82, now batting at number three, and followed up in the next match with 114 at number five in an innings victory over South Australia. He made 508 runs at an average of 42.33 in 1956–57, the first of four consecutive seasons in which he made more than 500 runs. He was the second-highest scorer in the Sheffield Shield in 1957–58, with 751 runs at 62.58.Wisden noted that he was a "plucky and resourceful batsman" and a brilliant catcher close to the wicket. He made 41 and 167, top-scoring in each innings, after New South Wales had scored 533 in the first innings of the Shield match at Sydney.