| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | John Douglas Sandford |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Chillingham, Northumberland, England |
| Death Place: | Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Family: | Ernest Sandford (brother) Temple Sandford (nephew) |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1855 - 1856 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1869 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 45 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 20 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 15 April |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20581.html Cricinfo |
John Douglas Sandford (3 August 1832 – 26 May 1892) was an English first-class cricketer and a judicial official in the Indian Civil Service.
The son of future Archdeacon of Coventry John Sandford,[1] he was born in August 1832 at Chillingham, Northumberland. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to Trinity College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1855 and 1856.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Sandford joined the Indian Civil Service in 1856, where he served in the North-Western Provinces and rose up the judicial system in British India to become the judicial commissioner of Burma and Mysore.[4] He returned to England in 1868, where became a student of the Inner Temple at the age of 36, and was called to the bar in June 1870.[5] The year following his return to England, and thirteen years after his previous appearance in first-class cricket, Sandford played a first-class match for the MCC against Oxford University at Oxford.[3] After being called to the bar, he returned to British India where he practiced as a barrister until his departure in 1882. He retired two years later in 1884.[4] Sandford died in May 1892 at Windsor, Berkshire.[2]
Born into and ecclesiastical family, his younger brother, Ernest, was the Archdeacon of Exeter (in addition to being a first-class cricketer), and his elder brother, Charles, who was the Bishop of Gibraltar.[6] His grandfather, Daniel Sandford, was the Bishop of Edinburgh. His nephew, Temple Sandford, was also a first-class cricketer.