Richard Johnson (cricketer, born 1979)
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Richard Kurt Johnson is a former English
English people
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 cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Johnson was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast
Fast bowling
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. He was born at Croydon
Croydon
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, Surrey
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.

Johnson represented the Surrey Cricket Board
Surrey Cricket Board
The Surrey Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Surrey.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...

 in 3 List A matches, the first of which came against Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
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 in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2002 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was the 2nd Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy following its change of name from the NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 August 2001 and 31 August 2002...

 which was played in 2001. His final 2 List A matches came against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board
Gloucestershire Cricket Board
The Gloucestershire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Gloucestershire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status....

 and the Essex Cricket Board
Essex Cricket Board
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 in the 1st and 2nd round's of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire who beat the Worcestershire by 7 wickets at Lord's.-Format:...

 which were held in 2002. In his 3 List A matches, he scored 24 runs at a batting average
Batting average
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 of 12.00, with a high score of 12*
Not out
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. In the field he took a single catch.

External links

  • Richard Johnson at Cricinfo
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  • Richard Johnson at CricketArchive
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