''Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1876, was named

John Young John Young may refer to: Academics * John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow * John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Col ...

'' John William Young (24 May 1863 — 9 May 1933) 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 who played first-class cricket for

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

in 1894. Young was born in

Clay Cross Clay Cross is a town and a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is a former industrial and mining town, about south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61. Surrounding settlements include North Wi ...

, the son of William H Young, a coal miner and his wife Mary. Young himself was a colliery carpenter. During the 1894 season, Young appeared in two matches which were not part of the County Championship but qualified as first-class matches. These were against

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and

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and Derbyshire won both through follow-ons. As a result, Young, batting at the lower-middle-order played one inning in each and failed to score in either.John Young at Cricket Archive
/ref> Young was a right-handed batsman and did not score a single run in his first-class career. He was one of only two Derbyshire batsmen to have an average of 0.00 in the 1894 season, the other being fellow season debutante,

William Delacombe William Barclay Delacombe (20 July 1860 – 14 October 1911) was an English cricketer. He played for Derbyshire between 1892 and 1900. Delacombe was born in Georgetown, Ascension Island, the son of lieutenant-colonel William Addis Delacombe (d. ...

. Young died in

Bolsover Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover (borough), Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is from London, from Sheffield, from Nottingham and from Derby, Derbyshire, Derby. It is the main town in the Bols ...

at the age of 69.

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