John Elder

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John Elder Ireland (IRE)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm fast-medium (RFM)

Career	First-class	List A
Matches	9	1
Runs scored	36	0
Batting average	6.00	0.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	11*	0
Balls bowled	938	60
Wickets	14	2
Bowling average	24.07	34.50
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best Bowling	3/56	2/69
Catches/Stumpings	7/0	0/0
First-class debut: 11 August 1973 Last First-class: 15 June 1985 Updated: 8 February 2007 Source: Cricket Archive

This article is about the Irish cricketer. For the British screenwriter and producer who used John Elder as a pseudonym, see Anthony Hinds.

John Watson George Elder (born 16 August 1949 in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a former Irish cricketer.

A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut for Ireland against Wales in June 1973, and went on to play for Ireland on 37 occasions, his last game also coming against Wales in August 1987. He took 70 wickets in all matches for Ireland, his best innings figures being 6/29 against Denmark in July 1978.

Of his matches for Ireland, nine had first-class status, all but one of these was against Scotland, the other was against Sri Lanka. He played just one List A match, against Sussex in July 1985.

After his playing career ended, he served as a national selector and as chairman of the Irish Cricket Union's cricket committee. He also served as the tournament referee for the 1999 European Under-19 Championship tournament.

John currently is managing editor and webmaster of the CricketEurope website, a website that covers cricket beyond the ten Test playing nations.