John King (cricketer)

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John King England (Eng)

Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling type	Left-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	552
Runs scored	64	25,122
Batting average	32.00	27.33
100s/50s	0/1	34/130
Top score	60	227*
Balls bowled	162	70,187
Wickets	1	1,204
Bowling average	99.00	25.17
5 wickets in innings	0	69
10 wickets in match	0	11
Best bowling	1/99	8/17
Catches/stumpings	0/0	340/0
Test debut: 14 June 1909 Last Test: 16 June 1909 Source: [1]

John Herbert King (born 16 April 1871 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England; died 18 November 1946 in Denbigh, Wales) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1895 and 1925. He also played one Test match for England, which was against Australia at Lord's in 1909.

After retiring as a cricketer, aged 52, he continued his involvement in the game as an umpire for another 11 years.

He had two benefits at Leicestershire: the first in 1910, the second in 1923.

[edit] Trivia

King is the last batsman to have been given out Hit the ball twice in a first-class game in England, when in the match against Surrey at the Oval in 1906 King stopped the ball from running onto his stumps by hitting it a second time, and then attempted to run a single.