Tyrell Johnson (cricketer)

West Indian cricketer

Tyrell Johnson

Personal information

Full name|

Tyrell Fabian Johnson

Born| (1917-01-10)10 January 1917
Tunapuna, Trinidad
Died| 5 April 1985(1985-04-05) (aged 68)
Couva, Trinidad
Batting| Left-handed
Bowling| Left-arm fast
International information
National side|

* West Indies

Only Test (cap 51)| 19 August 1939 v England
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1935/36–1938/39| Trinidad
Career statistics
| Competition | Test | FC

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Matches | 1 | 18
Runs scored | 9 | 90
Batting average | – | 9.00
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0
Top score | 9* | 27
Balls bowled | 240 | 2,846
Wickets | 3 | 50
Bowling average | 43.00 | 21.50
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1
10 wickets in match | 0 | 0
Best bowling | 2/53 | 6/41
Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 8/–

Source: CricInfo, 12 August 2022

Tyrell Fabian Johnson (10 January 1917 – 5 April 1985) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in one Test match in 1939.

Tall and thin, Johnson was a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He played for Trinidad in three consecutive finals of the Inter-Colonial Tournament in the late 1930s.[1] He was picked for the 1939 West Indies cricket tour to England after taking six wickets for 41 runs in a trial match in February 1939 and leading the West Indian first-class bowling figures for season with 22 wickets at an average of 9.59.[2][3]

In England in 1939, Johnson took a wicket with his first ball of the tour at Worcester, but was picked for only eight other first-class matches. That included, however, the third Test of the three-match series at The Oval, where he repeated his instant success by taking the wicket of Walter Keeton with his first delivery.[2] He took two further wickets in the match (Len Hutton and Norman Oldfield),[4] but managed only 16 on the tour as a whole, at an average of 32 runs per wicket.[5]

This single Test match was Johnson's last first-class cricket appearance.[6] He worked in Trinidad as a customs officer.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Tyrell Johnson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
2. ^ a b c Cozier, Tony (June 1985). "Obituaries". The Cricketer: 34.
3. ^ "First-class Bowling in West Indies for 1938/39". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
4. ^ "England vs West Indies, 3rd Test at London, Aug 19 1939". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
5. ^ "First-Class Bowling for West Indians". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
6. ^ "Curse of the first ball". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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