John Stanton Fleming Morrison Explained

John Morrison
Fullname:John Stanton Fleming Morrison
Birth Date:17 April 1892
Birth Place:West Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Death Place:Farnham, Surrey, England
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:Cambridge University
Year1:1912–1919
Club2:Somerset
Year2:1920
Club3:Marylebone Cricket Club
Year3:1921–1922
Columns:1
Column1:FC
Matches1:38
Runs1:1982
Bat Avg1:30.49
100S/50S1:4/8
Top Score1:233*
Deliveries1:24
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:6.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/6
Catches/Stumpings1:21/4
Date:22 December 2015
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17094.html Cricinfo

John Stanton Fleming Morrison DFC (17 April 1892 – 28 January 1961) was a British golf course architect born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, Harry Colt, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd.

John Morrison was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where his studies in history and law extended from 1912 to 1919, interrupted by his war service. He was a bomber pilot during World War I and a Group Captain in the RAF during World War II. He was among the first pilots to land an airplane on an aircraft carrier. He was awarded the DFC and bar.[1]

In his younger years, he was a talented all-round sportsman, representing England at football as an amateur and playing first-class cricket with Cambridge University and Somerset. He won Blues for cricket, football and golf. He also won the Belgian Amateur Golf Championship in 1929. In 1914, he scored 233 not out for Cambridge against Marylebone Cricket Club, batting for only 165 minutes. At the time, it was a record first-class score for Cambridge and a record for the Fenner's ground.[2] [3]

He became the managing director of Colt, Alison and Morrison in 1952 after his partners died, and he remained in that position until his death in 1961.[1] He married twice and had one daughter.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Morrison . https://web.archive.org/web/20060708035154/http://www.coltassociation.co.uk/morrison.php . dead . 8 July 2006 . The Colt Association . 15 February 2019.
  2. "J. S. F. Morrison", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1961, p. 86.
  3. Web site: Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club 1914 . Cricinfo . 16 February 2019.