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Johnny Douglas

England

Personal Information
Born
Sep 03, 1882
Death
Dec 19, 1930 (55 years)
Birth Place
Clapton, London
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm fast-medium
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
England
A strapping all-rounder, Johnny Douglas, captained the English cricket team and also represented England as a boxer at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Interestingly, he bagged gold in the Middlewe...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 23 35 962 1328 119 29.15 72.44 2 51 0 6 1 0
ODI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 23 37 2766 1486 45 33.02 3.22 61.47 5/46 5/46 1 0
ODI 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
Test debut
vs Australia, Dec 15 at 1911 at Sydney Cricket Ground
Last Test
vs Australia, Jan 01 at 1925 at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Profile
A strapping all-rounder, Johnny Douglas, captained the English cricket team and also represented England as a boxer at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Interestingly, he bagged gold in the Middleweight event. On the cricketing field, Douglas was an accurate pacer and a steady batsman.

After establishing himself in the English team, he led the side eighteen times with a creditable eight wins under his belt. Overall, he made 962 runs and took 45 wickets in 23 Tests before retirement. His first-class record of 24531 runs, 1893 wickets and 365 catches, paints a better picture about his versatility.

By Cricbuzz Staff

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