John Dunn (8 June 1862 – 10 October 1892) was an English first-class cricketer who played with Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1] He also played cricket for Hong Kong later in his career.
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| Born | 8 June 1862 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 October 1892 (aged 30) Pescadores, Formosa | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1881 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| 1882 | MCC | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 October 2021 | |||||||||||||||
Dunn was educated at Harrow School and played his cricket as an amateur. A right-handed batsman, he made four first-class appearances for Surrey in 1881 and two for the MCC the following year.[2] Although he was used as a specialist batsman he struggled in his matches, except for an innings of 38 not out which he made when playing with Surrey against Kent at Mote Park.[3] His only other first-class match was for the Gentlemen of England, whom he represented against I Zingari in 1889.[4]
After serving as a cadet at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Dunn joined the Liverpool Regiment in 1882 and was promoted to the rank of captain seven years later.[5] In 1889 he was posted to Hong Kong with the Army Service Corps and began playing cricket for the UK territory.[6]
He represented the Hong Kong cricket team in Interport matches, during 1891 and 1892. In a match against Shanghai which Hong Kong hosted, Dunn scored 107 to help his team win by an innings and 123 runs.[7] Later that year in October, Hong Kong played an away match against Shanghai and travelled home on the SS Bokhara, which sank in a typhoon off the coast of Formosa. Dunn was killed along with ten of his teammates.
References
edit- ^ "Obituaries in 1892". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 24 November 2005.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Dunn". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Kent v Surrey 1881". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Gentlemen of England v I Zingari 1889". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Brief profile of John Dunn". CricketArchive.
- ^ "John Dunn profile". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Hong Kong v Shanghai 1891/92". CricketArchive.
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