John Nicolson

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John Nicolson South Africa (RSA)
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm bowler
	Tests	First-class
Matches	3	28
Runs scored	179	1543
Batting average	35.79	37.63
100s/50s	-/1	3/-
Top score	78	252*
Balls bowled	24	-
Wickets	-	3
Bowling average	-	68.33
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	2/36
Catches/stumpings	-/-	8/-
Test debut: 21 January 1928 Last Test: 4 February 1928 Source: [1]

John Fairless William Nicolson (born July 19, 1899, Durban, Natal, died December 18, 1935, Kilkeel, Northern Ireland) was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests in 1928.

John Nicolson was educated at Oxford University, where he played a lot of club cricket, but made only one first-class cricket appearance, for the University against the West Indies in 1923. But in South Africa, he became a fairly regular player for Natal for five years from 1923-24 as a left-hand opening batsman. His best season was 1926-27, when he scored the only three centuries of his career. They included an unbeaten 252 against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in which he shared a first-wicket stand of 424 with Jack Siedle. Nicolson's score was, at that time, the highest ever made in South Africa and the stand remains the South African record for the first wicket.

Nicolson was picked for the third Test against Captain Stanyforth's 1927-28 England touring team. He made 78 in the second innings, which was his highest Test score. He retained his place in the two remaining matches of the series, but was less successful in domestic South African cricket in the following season, and was not picked for the tour of England in 1929.

Nicolson retired after a couple of matches in 1929-30. At the time of his death, he was on the staff of Mourne Grange School at Kilkeel in County Down.