English cricketer
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| Full name | John Lawson Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1918-10-06)6 October 1918 Williton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 1944(1944-11-02) (aged 26) Gelderland, German-occupied Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1939 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Lawson Richards (6 October 1918 – 2 November 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Born in Williton in October 1918, Richards was educated at Monmouth School and Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he played several sports, including cricket. He entered Selwyn College in 1938, where he read mathematics. Between 24-26 May 1939, Richards made his only first-class appearance for Cambridge against Yorkshire, in which he was bowled twice for a duck and did not gain any runs.
On 8 June 1940, seven months after the outbreak of the Second World War, Richards was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, in which he was involved in bomb disposal. During leave periods in 1941 and 1942, he appeared for Cambridge in six wartime cricket matches. Richards was killed in the Netherlands on 2 November 1944 and is buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
References
- ^ McCrery, Nigel (2017). The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. pp. 531–535. ISBN 978-1-52670-695-9.
- "First-Class Matches played by Jack Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "Cambridge University v Yorkshire in 1939". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "No. 34872". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1940. p. 3594.
- "Miscellaneous Matches played by Jack Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- "Casualty Details: John Lawson Richards". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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