Laurie Johnson (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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West Indian cricketer
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Place of Birth: Saint Michael, Barbados
About Laurie Johnson (cricketer)
- Hubert Laurence Johnson (born 8 November 1927) is a West Indies born cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1949 and 1966.
- He scored over 14,000 runs for the club in the first-class game. Johnson was born at Pine Hill, St Michael, Barbados.
- He was educated at The Lodge School, well known as the cradle of cricket in Barbados, where he benefited from the coaching of Leslie Arthur "Bessie" Walcott.
- Johnson was invited to the BCA trials in 1945 and in 1946 he was part of the Barbados team to Trinidad, but did not play.
- However, he scored centuries against Combermere, Spartan and Wanderers, and then migrated to England to train as a sugar industry engineer.He played for the Swarkestone Cricket Club, and appeared for Derbyshire in 2nd XI matches in 1947 and 1948.
- He made his first-class debut against Gloucestershire in June 1949 and made 23 and 6 in the match.
- He played regularly in the first and second Derbyshire teams in 1949 and 1950, but then returned to British Guiana.
- He reappeared for Derbyshire in 1955 and was a first team regular for the next ten years.
- He built up his scoring rate to reach over 1400 runs in 1959 and then became a top scorer.
- In 1960 he hit his first centuries with 140 against Glamorgan, 130 against Essex, 113 against Lancashire and 109 against Leicestershire.
- In 1961 he scored 122 against Gloucestershire, 119 against Essex, 116 against Leicestershire and 112 against Hampshire.
- In 1962 he made his top score of 154 against Leicestershire, and scored 108 against Somerset and 114 against Sussex.
- He scored five centuries in 1964 with 137 against Nottinghamshire, 132 against Somerset, 101 against Warwickshire, 101 not out against the Australians and 100 against Middlesex.
- The run rate fell back in 1965 and 966 and he ended his career at the end of the 1966 season.
- For the last four years he played in the ListA Gillette Cup competition. Johnson was a right-hand batsman and played 606 innings in 351 first-class matches to make 14,286 runs.
- He scored 16 centuries with a top score of 154 and an average of 26.40.
- He was a right-arm off-break bowler and took 21 first-class wickets with an average of 39.14 and a best performance of 3 for 12.
- He also stood in as wicket keeper for Bob Taylor and took two wickets by stumping in 1964.
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