Colin Johnson (cricketer), Date of Birth

    

Colin Johnson (cricketer)

English county cricketer

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1947

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Colin Johnson (cricketer)

  • Colin Johnson (born 5 September 1947, Pocklington, Yorkshire, England) is an English first-class cricketer, who played 100 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1969 and 1979.He scored 2,960 runs as a right-handed middle order batsman at 21.44, with two centuries against Somerset and Gloucestershire.
  • In 102 one day games he scored 1,615 runs at 20.18, with a top score of 73 not out.
  • He also took four first-class wickets with his occasional off breaks, and two more in one day cricket. He was a stalwart for Yorkshire's Second XI, playing from 1966 to 1985, and captaining the side after he left the first-class scene.
  • He was awarded the captaincy at the expense of Barrie Leadbeater, who had been promised the job, but was then released by Yorkshire and became a first-class umpire. Johnson worked full-time in the field of life insurance, once his playing days had ended.

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