Alfred Johns

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]

Alfred Johns
Personal information
Full name
Alfred Edward Johns
Born(1868-01-22)22 January 1868
Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
Died13 February 1934(1934-02-13) (aged 66)
Melbourne, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsPeter Johns (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894–95 to 1898–99Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 37
Runs scored 429
Batting average 11.28
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 57
Catches/stumpings 58/26
Source: Cricinfo

Personal life

Born 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

Johns 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

References
  1. Alfred Johns at ESPNcricinfo
  2. Blainey, Geoffrey (1972). "Peter Johns". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 4. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. "Death of Mr. A. E. Johns". The Australasian: 48. 17 February 1934.
  4. "Victoria v AE Stoddart's XI 1894-95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley Publishing. p. 457. ISBN 0947540067..
  6. Felix (21 October 1899). "Cricket Chatter". The Australasian: 20.
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