Douglas St. John
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| Full name | Douglas Stuart St. John | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 February 1928 Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
11 July 1992 (aged 64) Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946-1951 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952-1956 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First class debut | 1 January 1947 Otago v Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First class | 10 February 1956 Wellington v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, September 15 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Douglas Stuart St John (February 26, 1928 – July 11, 1992) was a New Zealand first class cricketer who played for Otago and Wellington between 1946 and 1956. A right-handed batsman, St. John played 34 matches in total, scoring 1,236 runs at 20.94 with five half-centuries.[1][2]
Career
St. John made his debut on January 1, 1947, against Auckland. Batting at six for Otago, he scored 28 and 31, and took two catches but could not stave off a one wicket defeat.[3] He went on to play two more matches that season; scoring eight and eight not out against Wellington on January 31,[4] six and 25 in a drawn game against the Marylebone Cricket Club on March 25.[5] He ended his first season with 106 runs from three matches at 21.20, with a best of 31.[6]
At the start of the next season, St. John scored 85 and five not out against Wellington on Christmas Day.[7] He would go on to play five matches in total, scoring a career-best 278 runs at 34.75, with two half centuries.[6] He would struggle with the bat during the few two seasons, scoring only 102 runs during 1948/49 at 20.40 with a best of 53, and 117 during 1950/51 at 16.71, followed by 92 runs at 13.13 and 146 runs at 18.25 during his first two seasons at Wellington.[6] He improved, however, during the 1954/55 season, where he scored 213 runs at 21.30, including a career-best 88.[6] This came against Central Districts on January 7, 1955. Opening the batting – as he often did after moving to Wellington – St. John's 88 was bettered only by Test cricketer John Reid's 106 as Wellington pursued Central District's first innings score of 183 all out. St. John made 15 more runs in the second innings as Wellington reached victory by four wickets.[8]
The following season was to be his last, however, and saw St. John play five matches, scoring 182 runs at 20.22 with a best of 52 – his only half century of the season,[6] which came in his final match. He bowed out on February 10, 1956, against a touring West Indies side that including Sir Garfield Sobers. St. John scored his 52 in the first innings before being caught by Sobers, and made 19 as Wellington were forced to follow on and fell to an innings defeat.[9]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ CricInfo records a top score of 85, whereas Cricket Archive records it as 88.
Notes
- ↑ "Player Profile: Douglas St. John". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Douglas St. John". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Auckland v Otago - Plunket Shield 1946/47". Cricket Archive. January 4, 1947. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Otago v Wellington - Plunket Shield 1946/47". Cricket Archive. February 3, 1947. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Otago v Marylebone Cricket Club - Marylebone Cricket Club in New Zealand 1946/47". Cricket Archive. March 18, 1947. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Douglas St John". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Wellington v Otago - Plunket Shield 1947/48". Cricket Archive. December 29, 1947. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Central Districts v Wellington - Plunket Shield 1954/55". Cricket Archive. January 10, 1955. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ↑ "Wellington v West Indians - West Indies in New Zealand 1955/56". Cricket Archive. February 13, 1956. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
External links
- Douglas St. John at ESPNcricinfo
- Douglas St. John at CricketArchive (subscription required)