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Ivan Johnson
Ivan Nicholas Johnson (27 June 1953 – 4 October 2021) was a professional, all rounder, English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club from 1972 to 1975. Johnson was the only The Bahamas, Bahamian to have played professional cricket at the first-class and junior Test cricket level. In his four seasons at Worcestershire, Johnson won runners-up medals in the 1972 John Player League and the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. In 1974, the Worcestershire team, which included Imran Khan, won the County Championship. Johnson was also the only Bahamian to have worked as a staff sub-editor and journalist on newspapers in Fleet Street. In 1990, Johnson founded ''The Punch'', a controversial Bahamian tabloid newspaper. Early life and education Johnson was born in 1953 in Nassau, Bahamas, to a The Bahamas, Bahamian father and an English mother. Family Johnson's father, Basil L. I. Johnson, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE Distinguished Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country. Lynden Pindling International Airport, the major airport for the Bahamas, is located about west of the city centre of Nassau, and has daily flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States. The city is located on the island of New Providence. Nassau is the site of the House of Assembly and various judicial departments and was considered historically to be a stronghold of pirates. The city was named in honour of William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau. Nassau's modern growth began in the late eighteenth century, with the influx of thousands of Loyalists and their slaves to the Bahamas following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
