Vaughn Fancis Johnson (born 2 September 1960) is a New Zealand former
cricket
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er. He played 27
first-class and 20
List A
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matches for
Otago
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between the 1984–85 and 1990–91 seasons.
Johnson was born at
Dunedin
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in 1960. After his playing career was over he became a selector for the
Wellington cricket team
The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand men's first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.
It is based in Wellington. It competes in the Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one da ...
.
[McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 74. Cardiff: ]The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
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.
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
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. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
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1960 births
Living people
New Zealand cricketers
Otago cricketers
Cricketers from Dunedin
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