John Martin (cricketer, born 1867)
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| Full name | John Newton Martin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1867 St Austell, Cornwall, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 August 1942 (aged 75) Torquay, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1891 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| 1901–1903 | Devon | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 February 2011 | |||||||||||||||
John Newton Martin MBE (3 July 1867 – 31 August 1942) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of W. L. Martin, he was born in July 1867 at St Austell, Cornwall.[1] Martin had played second-class county cricket for teams representative of Devon since 1888.[2] In 1891, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Somerset at Taunton.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the MCC first innings by Ted Tyler, while following-on in their second innings, he remained unbeaten on 29.[4] Ten years later, he captained Devon County Cricket Club in their inaugural Minor Counties Championship match against Glamorgan; in doing so, he became Devon's first captain in minor counties cricket. He played minor counties cricket for Devon until 1903, making twelve appearances.[5]
Martin's profession was recorded as being a surgeon.[1] He served in the First World War in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving with the rank of lieutenant in May 1915.[6] He was made a temporary captain in May 1916.[6] Following the war, he was made an MBE in the 1919 New Year Honours,[7] having relinquished his commission in November 1918, at which point he retained the rank of captain.[8] Martin died in Torquay, Devon on 31 August 1942.