| Country: | Scotland |
| Fullname: | John Boak |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 1837 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Bermondsey, London, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Club1: | Middlesex |
| Year1: | 1873 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 19 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 11 |
| Deliveries1: | 56 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 37.00 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/ - |
| Date: | 3 December |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9827.html Cricinfo |
John Boak (27 June 1837 – 29 October 1876) was a Scottish cricketer. Boak was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Edinburgh and educated at the Royal High School.
Boak made his only first-class appearance for Middlesex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1873.[1] In his only first-class match, he scored 19 runs at a batting average of 9.50, with a high score of 11. In the field he took 2 catches.[2] With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 37.00, with best figures of 1/20.[3]
Prior to his single first-class match, Boak emigrated to Australia in 1858. While there he played initially for a combined New South Wales and Victoria in the 1861/62 season. In the 1863/64 season, Boak played for New South Wales and the following season for Queensland.[4] His matches for both New South Wales and Queensland came before either state held first-class status. He later returned to England in 1868.
Three years after playing for Middlesex, Boak was killed when he was hit by a train while crossing a railway line in Bermondsey, London[5] on 29 October 1876.