David Johns (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Johns (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1921

Place of Birth: Paddington, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1979

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

David Frank Victor Johns (27 June 1921 – 20 November 1979) was an English cricketer.
Johns was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
He was born in Paddington, London. Johns made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire.
Johns played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1950 to 1966, which included 83 Minor Counties Championship matches.
He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the 1965 Gillette Cup.
In the match he made 19 runs before being dismissed by Ron Hooker.Johns also played a single first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team in 1953 against the touring Australians.
In the match he took his only first-class wicket in the Australians first-innings, that of Don Tallon for the cost of 55 runs from 13 overs.
With the bat he was dismissed for a duck in the Minor Counties first-innings by Ray Lindwall, while in the Minor Counties second-innings he scored 4 runs before being dismissed by Ron Archer.He died in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire on 20 November 1979.