John King (cricketer, born 1871), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer for Leicestershire
Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1871
Place of Birth: Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 18-Nov-1946
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About John King (cricketer, born 1871)
- John Herbert King (16 April 1871 – 18 November 1946) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club between 1895 and 1925.
- He also played one Test match for the England cricket team, which was against Australia at Lord's in 1909.
- He did the double, of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, in 1912 and 11 years later, when he was 52 years old, scored his second double century. After retiring as a cricketer, aged 52, he continued his involvement in the game as an umpire for another 11 years. He had two benefits at Leicestershire: the first in 1910, the second in 1923. King is the last batsman to have been given out Hit the ball twice in a first-class game in England, when in the match against Surrey at the Oval in 1906 King stopped the ball from running onto his stumps by hitting it a second time, and then attempted to run a single.
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| Date of birth/death | 1 May 1868 | 23 November 1937 | |
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