Alfred Johns Explained

Alfred Johns
Country:Australia
Fullname:Alfred Edward Johns
Birth Date:22 January 1868
Birth Place:Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
Death Place:Melbourne, Australia
Batting:Left-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Club1:Victoria
Year1:1894–95 to 1898–99
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:37
Runs1:429
Bat Avg1:11.28
100S/50S1:0/1
Top Score1:57
Catches/Stumpings1:58/26
Family:Peter Johns (father)
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/alfred-johns-6084 Cricinfo
Hidedeliveries:true

Alfred Edward Johns (22 January 1868 – 13 February 1934) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Australia and Victoria between 1895 and 1899.

Personal life

Born in Hawthorn, Melbourne, he was one of eight children of Elizabeth (née Tudor) and Peter Johns, founder of the lift manufacturing firm Johns & Waygood.[1] After attending Wesley College in Melbourne he studied law and practised as a lawyer in Melbourne. He gave up the law in 1899 when his father died, and succeeded his father as director of Johns & Waygood.[2] Johns died in 1934 in Melbourne, aged 66.

Cricket career

Johns made his first-class debut for Victoria in a match against the touring English team in March 1895.[3] A wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman, he toured with the Australian national team to England twice, in 1896 and 1899, without playing in a Test Match.[4] Unusually for an Australian player, over half of Johns' first-class matches were played in England rather than Australia.

Johns returned early from the 1899 tour of England when his father died, and retired from cricket immediately. Tom Horan wrote at the time that Johns was the best wicket-keeper Australia had ever had, apart from Jack Blackham.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Blainey. Geoffrey. Geoffrey Blainey. Peter Johns. 4. 1972. 23 January 2021.
  2. Death of Mr. A. E. Johns . The Australasian . 17 February 1934 . 48 .
  3. Web site: Victoria v AE Stoddart's XI 1894-95 . Cricinfo . 16 August 2023.
  4. Book: Walmsley, Keith. Mosts Without in Test Cricket. 2003. Keith Walmsley Publishing. Reading, England . 0947540067. 457. .
  5. Felix . Cricket Chatter . The Australasian . 21 October 1899 . 20 .