John Winnington
Cricket Player
1876 – 1918
Who was John Winnington?
John Francis Sartorius Winnington DSO was an English cricketer who played a single first-class game, for Worcestershire against Oxford University at The University Parks in 1908. He scored 0 and 20 in Worcestershire's crushing 332-run victory. He was born in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Winnington was commissioned into a Militia battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment in 1895. He later transferred to the Regular Army and was promoted Captain in 1901. In the First World War, Winnington was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915. As well as being awarded the DSO, he was mentioned in despatches four times. He died of wounds near Kefar Kassin, Ramle, Palestine at the age of 42 while commanding a battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment.
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