Ian Johnson (cricketer)
Ian William Geddes Johnson CBE was an Australian cricketer who played 45160Test matches as a slow offbreak bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109160Test wickets at an average of 29.19160runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000160runs at an average of 22.92160runs per dismissal. He captained the Australian team in 17160Tests, winning seven and losing five, with a further five drawn. Despite this record, he is better known as the captain who lost consecutive Ashes series against England. Urbane, wellspoken and popular with his opponents and the public, he was seen by his team mates as a disciplinarian and his natural optimism was often seen as naive.
Johnson was born in North Melbourne, an inner suburb of Melbourne, on 8160December 1918. His father, William Johnsona wine and spirit grocerwas a keen cricketer who played one firstclass match for Victoria in 192425 before serving as a selector for the Australian Test team.
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