John David Cairns (10 February 1925 – 25 January 2014) was an English
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He played seven
first-class matches for
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC), which represents the University of Oxford, has always held first-class status since 1827 when it made its debut in the inaugural University Match between OUCC and Cambridge University Cricket Club (CUCC). ...
between 1946 and 1949.
After becoming a doctor he spent most of the rest of his life in Canada. He and his wife Mary had two daughters.
See also
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List of Oxford University Cricket Club players
This is a list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Oxford University Cricket Club (OUCC) in top-class matches since the club was first recorded in 1827. OUCC teams have always had important or first-class cricket status. Birl ...
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1925 births
2014 deaths
English cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Gibraltarian cricketers
Free Foresters cricketers
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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