John Johns (15 October 1885 – 10 January 1956) was a Welsh

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who played one first-class match for

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in 1922 at the age of 36. He was born in

Briton Ferry Briton Ferry ( cy, Llansawel) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, ''llan'', is protected from the wind, ''awel''. Alternatively, ''Sawel'' may be a derivative ...

and died in

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. Johns bowled right-arm fast-medium and batted right-handed in the lower order. Opening the bowling against Somerset in his only first-class match, he took a wicket, that of Sydney Rippon, stumped by

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, with the first ball of the innings. Rippon scored a

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in the second innings to take Somerset to a nine-wicket victory. Johns took two wickets and scored four runs in the match. Johns played most of his cricket for the Briton Ferry Town Cricket Club. He played a friendly match for Glamorgan in 1920, taking 11 wickets against

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in the season before Glamorgan became a first-class county.

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* 1885 births 1956 deaths Welsh cricketers Glamorgan cricketers People from Briton Ferry {{england-cricket-bio-1880s-stub