| Jack Richards | |
| Country: | England |
| Full Name: | John Lawson Richards |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Williton, Somerset, England |
| Death Place: | Gelderland, German-occupied Netherlands |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1939 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 0 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 0 |
| Deliveries1: | 50 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 0/18 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 |
| Date: | 6 August |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19670.html Cricinfo |
John Lawson Richards (6 October 1918 – 2 November 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Born in Williton in October 1918, Richards was educated at Monmouth School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he played several sports, including cricket.[1] He entered Selwyn College in 1938, where he read mathematics. Between 24-26 May 1939, Richards made his only first-class appearance for Cambridge against Yorkshire, in which he was bowled twice for a duck and did not gain any runs.[2] [3]
On 8 June 1940, seven months after the outbreak of the Second World War, Richards was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, in which he was involved in bomb disposal. During leave periods in 1941 and 1942, he appeared for Cambridge in six wartime cricket matches.[4] Richards was killed in the Netherlands on 2 November 1944 and is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery.