Duncan Johnston

Duncan Johnston

Personal information
Full name	Duncan Alexander Johnston
Born	25 June 1847(1847-06-25) Edinburgh, England
Died	22 October 1931(1931-10-22) (aged 84) Edinburgh, England
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1882	Derbyshire
First-class debut	25 May 1882 Derbyshire v Lancashire
Last First-class	12 June 1882 Derbyshire v Australians
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	4
Runs scored	65
Batting average	8.12
100s/50s	/
Top score	31
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings
Source: [1], 24 June 2011

Sir Duncan Alexander Johnston (25 June 1847 — 21 October 1931) was a Royal Engineers officer who became Director General of the Ordnance Survey. He also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1882.

Johnston was born at Edinburgh and joined the Royal Engineers. He became a lieutenant on 8 January 1868, and a captain on 24 December 1879.^[1] Earlier in 1879 he played cricket for the Royal Engineers against the Royal Marines.

Johnston made his cricketing debut for Derbyshire in the 1882 season against Lancashire in May and played in the next three matches. He was an opening batsman for Derbyshire but with the exception of 31 against Sussex failed to score highly. His last game was against the touring Australians, which the tourists won by an innings margin, with the help of a ten-wicket match haul by Fred Spofforth. Johnston was a right-handed batsman and played 8 innings in 4 games with a top score of 31 and an average of 8.12.^[2]

Johnston became a major on 18 January 1887 and lieutenant-colonel on 19 March 1894. In 1898 he was appointed Director General of the Ordnance^[3] with the rank of colonel from 19 March 1898.

He was a member of the British Association and chaired meetings in the geographical section.^[4] In addition to pamphlets for the Ordnance Survey, Johnston wrote in 1926 a reminiscence of The late Royal Munster fusiliers and Colonel David George Johnston, an old Glenalmond, the father of the regiment.

Johnston died in Edinburgh at the age of 84.

Johnston's son, Alexander, played seventeen years for Hampshire.

References

1. ^ Biographical notes on officers of the Royal Engineers
2. ^ Duncan Johnston at Cricket Archive
3. ^ National Archives
4. ^ Geography at the British Association Nature 81, 505-507 (21 October 1909)

Persondata
Name	Johnston, Duncan
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Date of birth	1847
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Date of death	1931
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