Tyrell Johnson (cricketer)
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| Full name | Tyrell Fabian Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1917 Tunapuna, Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 April 1985 (aged 68) Couva, Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 51) | 19 August 1939 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1935/36–1938/39 | Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tyrell Fabian Johnson (10 January 1917 – 5 April 1985) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in one Test match in 1939.
Tall and thin, Johnson was a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He played for Trinidad in three consecutive finals of the Inter-Colonial Tournament in the late 1930s.[1] He was picked for the 1939 West Indies cricket tour to England after taking six wickets for 41 runs in a trial match in February 1939 and leading the West Indian first-class bowling figures for season with 22 wickets at an average of 9.59.[2][3]
In England in 1939, Johnson took a wicket with his first ball of the tour at Worcester, but was picked for only eight other first-class matches. That included, however, the third Test of the three-match series at The Oval, where he repeated his instant success by taking the wicket of Walter Keeton with his first delivery.[2] He took two further wickets in the match (Len Hutton and Norman Oldfield),[4] but managed only 16 on the tour as a whole, at an average of 32 runs per wicket.[5]
This single Test match was Johnson's last first-class cricket appearance.[6] He worked in Trinidad as a customs officer.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Tyrell Johnson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Cozier, Tony (June 1985). "Obituaries". The Cricketer: 34.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in West Indies for 1938/39". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "England vs West Indies, 3rd Test at London, Aug 19 1939". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling for West Indians". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Curse of the first ball". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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