Alfred Edward Johns (22 January 1868 – 13 February 1934) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Australia and Victoria between 1895 and 1899.[1]
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| Full name | Alfred Edward Johns | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1868 Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 February 1934 (aged 66) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Peter Johns (father) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1894–95 to 1898–99 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo | |||||||||||||||
Personal life
editBorn in Hawthorn, Melbourne, he was one of eight children of Elizabeth (née Tudor) and Peter Johns, founder of the lift manufacturing firm Johns & Waygood.[2] After attending Wesley College in Melbourne he studied law and practised as a lawyer in Melbourne. He gave up the law in 1899 when his father died, and succeeded his father as director of Johns & Waygood.[3] Johns died in 1934 in Melbourne, aged 66.
Cricket career
editJohns made his first-class debut for Victoria in a match against the touring English team in March 1895.[4] A wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman, he toured with the Australian national team to England twice, in 1896 and 1899, without playing in a Test Match.[5] Unusually for an Australian player, over half of Johns' first-class matches were played in England rather than Australia.[5]
Johns returned early from the 1899 tour of England when his father died, and retired from cricket immediately. Tom Horan wrote at the time that Johns was the best wicket-keeper Australia had ever had, apart from Jack Blackham.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alfred Johns at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Blainey, Geoffrey (1972). "Peter Johns". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 4. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Death of Mr. A. E. Johns". The Australasian: 48. 17 February 1934.
- ^ "Victoria v AE Stoddart's XI 1894-95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ a b Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..
- ^ Felix (21 October 1899). "Cricket Chatter". The Australasian: 20.
