John Sainsbury (cricketer)

John Popham Sainsbury (8 January 1927 – September 2004) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in the 1951 season.[1] He was born at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The exact date of his death and where it happened are not known.

Educated at Clifton College, Sainsbury was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played in two first-class matches at Weston-super Mare in a week and failed to score in any of his first three innings, then making 16 in his final outing in the match against Sussex.[2] He also played county rugby union for Somerset.[3]

References

  1. ^ "John Sainsbury". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3802/3802.html. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 
  2. ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Sussex". www.cricketarchive.com. 1951-08-15. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19940.html. Retrieved 2011-04-18. 
  3. ^ David Foot and Ivan Ponting. Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who (1993 ed.). Redcliffe Books. p. 102. ISBN 1 872971 23 7.