John Joseph Cameron (28 May 1882 in

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– 12 December 1954 in

) was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second

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touring side to England in 1906. A Doctor, he was a right-handed batsman and a slow right arm bowler. He hadn't played a single first class cricket match before being selected for the 1906 tour to England although he had played for

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against the U.S.A. in

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in 1905. Before the tour started he was described as "a useful all-round cricketer" and "a student at the

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and a fine field at cover point; a useful change bowled and sound bat".The West Indian Tour of England 1906 by Gerry Wolstenholme, page 8 He was a complete disappointment on the tour. In his 5 first class matches he scored just 33 runs and bowled only 3 overs. His only innings of any size was 28 against South Wales in a minor match. In England in

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and

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he played a single first class match each season, taking 5-83 for the Gentlemen of England against Surrey in the 1908 match. He played against the Philadelphian team that played in Jamaica in 1908-09 with a little success. After a long gap he played in three further first class matches for Jamaica, two against Barbados in 1924-25 and finally one against LH Tennyson's team in 1927-28, scoring 52, the only half century of his first class career. His brother-in-law Edward Hull played for Jamaica, while his sons John Cameron and Jimmy Cameron played for Jamaica and in Test Cricket for the West Indies.

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1882 births 1954 deaths Pre-1928 West Indies cricketers Jamaican cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Jamaica cricketers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh W. G. Grace's XI cricketers 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen Cricketers from Kingston, Jamaica {{Jamaica-cricket-bio-stub