Colin Johnson (born 5 September 1947,

Pocklington Pocklington is a market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 8,337. It is east of York and northwest of Hull. The town's sky ...

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) is an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

er, who played 100 matches for

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between 1969 and 1979. He scored 2,960 runs as a right-handed middle order batsman at 21.44, with two centuries against

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and

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. In 102 one day games he scored 1,615 runs at 20.18, with a top score of 73 not out. He also took four first-class wickets with his occasional off breaks, and two more in one day cricket. He was a stalwart for Yorkshire's Second XI, playing from 1966 to 1985, and captaining the side after he left the first-class scene. He was awarded the captaincy at the expense of Barrie Leadbeater, who had been promised the job, but was then released by Yorkshire and became a first-class

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. Johnson worked full-time in the field of

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, once his playing days had ended.

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1947 births Living people English cricketers Yorkshire cricketers People from Pocklington Cricketers from Yorkshire People educated at Pocklington School {{england-cricket-bio-1940s-stub