John King
Cricket Player
1871 – 1946
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Who was John King?
John Herbert King was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1895 and 1925. He also played one Test match for England, which was against Australia at Lord's in 1909. He did the double, of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets, in 1912 and 11 years later, when he was 52 years old, scored his second double century.
After retiring as a cricketer, aged 52, he continued his involvement in the game as an umpire for another 11 years.
He had two benefits at Leicestershire: the first in 1910, the second in 1923.
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- Born
- Apr 16, 1871
- Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Died
- Nov 18, 1946
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on July 23, 2013
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