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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. 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. Young appeared in three first-class cricket matches for Sussex in the 1908 County Championship, making appearances against Essex, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an average of 21.00, with a highest score of 84. After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the Imperial Forestry Service in December 1909. He served in the First World War from May to August 1918 in the British Indian Army Reserve of Officers as a second lieutenant. He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925. He later served as a councillor on Eastbourne Town Council for Hampden Park Ward from 1938. He died in hospital at Eastbourne in September 1960. His brother was Dick Young, who played Test cricket for England.

References

1. ^ Green, Benny (1970). Wisden Anthology 1940–1963. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 986.
2. "First-Class Matches played by John Young". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Young". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
4. The Commonwealth Forestry Review. Vol. 40. Commonwealth Forestry Association. 1961. p. 3.
5. "No. 31032". The London Gazette. 26 November 1918. p. 13931.
6. The India Office and Burma Office List. Harrison and Sons, Limited. 1928. p. 876.
7. A New Councillor Mr J. V. Young Returned Unopposed For Hampden Park. Eastbourne Chronicle. 27 August 1938. p. 13

External links

• John Young at ESPNcricinfo

• 1884 births
• 1960 deaths
• People from Dharwad
• People educated at Eastbourne College
• Alumni of the University of Cambridge
• Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
• English cricketers
• Sussex cricketers
• Imperial Forestry Service officers
• Indian Army personnel of World War I
• Councillors in East Sussex
• British sportspeople in British India