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. He did the double, of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, in 1912 and 11 years later, when he was 52 years old, scored his second double century.

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.