John Elder (cricketer)

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John Elder
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches91
Runs scored360
Batting average 6.000.00
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score11* 0
Balls bowled93860
Wickets 142
Bowling average 24.0734.50
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling3/562/69
Catches/stumpings 7/–0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2021

John Watson George Elder (born 16 August 1949 [1] ) is a former Irish cricketer.

A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, [1] he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team against Wales in June 1973, and went on to play for Ireland on 37 occasions, his last game also coming against Wales in August 1987. [2]

Of his matches for Ireland, nine had first-class status, all but one of these was against Scotland, the other was against Sri Lanka. [3] He played just one List A match, a NatWest Trophy match against Sussex in July 1985. [4] In all matches for Ireland, he scored 80 runs at an average of 5.33 with a top score of 28 against Wales in August 1979. He took 70 wickets at an average of 24.67, with best bowling figures of 6/29 against Denmark in July 1978. [2]

After his playing career ended, he served as a national selector and as chairman of the Irish Cricket Union's cricket committee. [5] He also served as the tournament referee for the 1999 European Under-19 Championship tournament. [6]

John currently is managing editor and webmaster of the CricketEurope website, a website that covers cricket beyond the ten Test playing nations. [5] He also lectured in Computer Science at the Queen's University of Belfast.

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