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	Right-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1953	Minor Counties
1950–1966	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.

External links

• David Johns at ESPNcricinfo
• David Johns at CricketArchive