| John Young | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | John Villiers Young |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Dharwar, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Death Place: | Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
| Family: | Dick Young (brother) |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1908 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 105 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 84 |
| Deliveries1: | 30 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 11 December |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23567.html Cricinfo |
John Villiers Young (16 August 1884 — 8 September 1960) was an English first-class cricketer.
Young was born in British India at Dharwar in August 1884. He was educated in England at Eastbourne College, where he played as an all-rounder for the college cricket team from 1901 to 1904, captaining the team in his final two years.[1] From Eastbourne he went up to the University of Cambridge in 1906, where he spent a year before transferring to the University of Oxford, where he attended St John's College, Oxford; he had the distinction of appearing in freshman matches for both Cambridge and Oxford, but never appeared for either team's senior sides.[1] Young appeared in three first-class cricket matches for Sussex in the 1908 County Championship, making appearances against Essex, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire.[2] He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an average of 21.00, with a highest score of 84.[3] After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the Imperial Forestry Service in December 1909.[4] He served in the First World War from May to August 1918 in the British Indian Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant. He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925.[5] He later served as a councillor on Eastbourne Town Council for Hampden Park Ward from 1938.[6] He died in hospital at Eastbourne in September 1960. His brother was Dick Young, who played Test cricket for England.[1]