Alec Johnson

Who is Alec Johnson?

Anthony Alexander 'Alec' Johnson is a former English cricketer. Johnson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire.

Johnson made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Surrey in the 1963 County Championship. He made 25 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1966 County Championship. An infrequent player for Nottinghamshire, he took 49 wickets at an average of 32.28, with best figures of 4/13. With the bat, he scored 273 runs at a batting average of 8.80, with a high score of 45. His List A debut came against Wiltshire in the 1965 Gillette Cup, with Johnson making 2 further appearances in that format for Nottinghamshire, against Somerset in the 2nd round of the same competition and Worcestershire in the 1966 Gillette Cup. In these 3 matches, he took 9 wickets at an average of 12.33, with best figures of 4/37. He left Nottinghamshire at the end of the 1967 season.

He later joined Northumberland, who he made his debut for in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland.