John Sainsbury (cricketer)

John Popham Sainsbury (8 January 1927 – September 2004) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in the 1951 season.[1] He was born at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The exact date of his death and where it happened are not known.

Educated at Clifton College, Sainsbury was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played in two first-class matches at Weston-super Mare in a week and failed to score in any of his first three innings, then making 16 in his final outing in the match against Sussex.[2] He also played county rugby union for Somerset.[3]

References

  1. ^ "John Sainsbury". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Scorecard: Somerset v Sussex". www.cricketarchive.com. 15 August 1951. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  3. ^ David Foot & Ivan Ponting. Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who (1993 ed.). Redcliffe Books. p. 102. ISBN 1-872971-23-7.