Tyrell Johnson (cricketer)

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

Tyrell Johnson

Cricket information
Batting	Leftt-hand bat
Bowling	Left-arm fast
International information
National side	West Indian
Only Test (cap 51)	19 August 1939 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class 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 1/0 8/0
Source: cricinfo

Tall and thin, Johnson was a left-arm fast-medium bowler who 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. In England, 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. He took two further wickets in the match (Len Hutton and Norman Oldfield), but managed only 16 on the tour as a whole, for a high average of 32 runs per wicket.

This single Test match was Johnson's last first-class cricket appearance.[1]

References

1. "Curse of the first ball". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.