John Inchbald Johnson (10 July 1871 – 20 October 1930) was an English

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er who played for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

. He was born in

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and died in

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. The 1911 census records that, outside cricket, he was a surgeon. He made a single first-class appearance, during the 1907 season, against

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. From the tailend, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and didn't bat in the second innings. Northamptonshire drew the match. He took one catch during the match.

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John Johnson
at Cricket Archive 1871 births 1930 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers People from Hambleton District Cricketers from Yorkshire {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub