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Full name | John Villiers Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 August 1884 Dharwar, Kingdom of Mysore, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 September 1960 Eastbourne, Sussex, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Dick Young (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1908 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 11 December 2011 |
John Villiers Young (16 August 1884 — 8 September 1960) was an English first-class cricketer.
Young was born in British India at Dharwar in August 1884. He was educated in England at Eastbourne College, where he played as an all-rounder for the college cricket team from 1901 to 1904, captaining the team in his final two years. [1] From Eastbourne he went up to the University of Cambridge in 1906, where he spent a year before transferring to the University of Oxford, where he attended St John's College, Oxford; he had the distinction of appearing in freshman matches for both Cambridge and Oxford, but never appeared for either team's senior sides. [1] Young appeared in three first-class cricket matches for Sussex in the 1908 County Championship, making appearances against Essex, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. [2] He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an average of 21.00, with a highest score of 84. [3] After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the Imperial Forestry Service in December 1909. [4] He served in the First World War from May to August 1918 in the British Indian Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant. [5] He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925. [6] He later served as a councillor on Eastbourne Town Council for Hampden Park Ward from 1938. [7] He died in hospital at Eastbourne in September 1960. His brother was Dick Young, who played Test cricket for England. [1]