- David Johns (cricketer)
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Personal information Full name David Frank Victor Johns Born 27 June 1921
Paddington, London, EnglandDied 20 November 1979 (aged 58)
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, EnglandBatting style Left-handed Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox Domestic team information Years Team 1953 Minor Counties 1950–1966 Buckinghamshire Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 1 1 Runs scored 4 19 Batting average 2.00 19.00 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 4 19 Balls bowled 102 – Wickets 1 – Bowling average 55.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling 1/55 – Catches/stumpings 1/– –/– Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2011 David Frank Victor Johns (27 June 1921 – 20 November 1979) was an English cricketer. Johns was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Paddington, London.
Johns made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Johns played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1950 to 1966, which included 83 Minor Counties Championship matches.[1] He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the 1965 Gillette Cup.[2] In the match he made 19 runs before being dismissed by Ron Hooker.[3]
Johns also played a single first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1953 against the touring Australians.[4] In the match he took his only first-class wicket in the Australians first-innings, that of Don Tallon for the cost of 55 runs from 13 overs. With the bat he was dismissed for a duck in the Minor Counties first-innings by Ray Lindwall, while in the Minor Counties second-innings he scored 4 runs before being dismissed by Ron Archer.[5]
He died in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on 20 November 1979.
References
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by David Johns". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30632/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by David Johns". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30632/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Middlesex v Buckinghamshire, 1965 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27325.html. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by David Johns". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30632/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v Australians, 1953". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20613.html. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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Categories:- 1921 births
- 1979 deaths
- People from Paddington
- People from London
- English cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricketers
- Buckinghamshire cricket captains
- Minor Counties cricketers
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