Keith Johnson (cricket administrator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian cricket administrator
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Place of Birth: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
About Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)
- Keith Ormond Edley Johnson, MBE (28 December 1894 – 19 October 1972), was an Australian cricket administrator.
- He was the manager of the Australian Services cricket team in England, India and Australia immediately after World War II, and of the Australian team that toured England in 1948.
- The 1948 Australian cricket team earned the sobriquet The Invincibles by being the first side to complete a tour of England without losing a single match.Johnson joined the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket in 1935 as a delegate for New South Wales and served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, performing public relations work in London.
- With the allied victory in Europe, first-class cricket resumed and Johnson was appointed to manage the Australian Services team, which played England in a series of celebratory matches known as the Victory Tests to usher in the post-war era.
- The series was highly successful, with unprecedented crowds raising large amounts for war charities.
- As a result, further matches were scheduled and Johnson's men toured British India and Australia before being demobilised.
- Johnson's administration was regarded as a major factor in the success of the tour. In 1948, Johnson managed the Australian tour of England, which again brought record profits and attendances, in spite of Australia's overwhelming dominance.
- Johnson's management of the tour—which generated large amounts of media attention—was again lauded.
- However, in 1951–52, the Australian Board of Control excluded Sid Barnes from the team for "reasons other than cricket".
- Barnes took the matter to court, and in the ensuing trial, his lawyer embarrassed Johnson, who contradicted himself several times under cross-examination.
- Following the trial, Johnson resigned from the board and took no further part in cricket administration.
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