David Johns (cricketer)

David Johns
Personal information
Full name David Frank Victor Johns
Born 27 June 1921
Paddington, London, England
Died 20 November 1979 (aged 58)
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953 Minor Counties
19501966 Buckinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 1 1
Runs scored 4 19
Batting average 2.00 19.00
100s/50s / /
Top score 4 19
Balls bowled 102
Wickets 1
Bowling average 55.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/55
Catches/stumpings 1/ /
Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2011

David Frank Victor Johns (27 June 1921 20 November 1979) was an English cricketer. Johns was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Paddington, London.

Johns made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. Johns played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1950 to 1966, which included 83 Minor Counties Championship matches.[1] He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the 1965 Gillette Cup.[2] In the match he made 19 runs before being dismissed by Ron Hooker.[3]

Johns also played a single first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1953 against the touring Australians.[4] In the match he took his only first-class wicket in the Australians first-innings, that of Don Tallon for the cost of 55 runs from 13 overs. With the bat he was dismissed for a duck in the Minor Counties first-innings by Ray Lindwall, while in the Minor Counties second-innings he scored 4 runs before being dismissed by Ron Archer.[5]

He died in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on 20 November 1979.

References

  1. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by David Johns". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  2. "List A Matches played by David Johns". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  3. "Middlesex v Buckinghamshire, 1965 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by David Johns". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  5. "Minor Counties v Australians, 1953". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

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