William Johnston (cricketer) should not be confused with Bill Johnston (cricketer).
| William Johnston | |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Date: | 15 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37514.html ESPNcricinfo |
William Johnston (24 August 1867 – 14 September 1947) was a Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer. He played 20 first-class matches for Otago between the 1889–90 season and 1902–03.[1] [2]
Johnston was born at Edinburgh in Scotland in 1867. After migrating to New Zealand he worked as a caretaker.[3] He made his representative debut for Otago in a December 1889 match against Auckland at the Caledonian Ground in Dunedin, scoring a total of six runs on debut. He played regularly in the provincial side until the 1902–03 season, making a total of 20 appearances in first-class matches in which he scored 434 runs with a highest score of 48, made against Canterbury in December 1898.[4]
Johnston died at Dunedin in 1947 at the age of 80.[1] An obituary was published in the 1949 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[2]