page_title: Ivan Johnson
section_title: Young England tour of West Indies
hierarchical_section_title: Ivan Johnson / Cricketing career / Young England tour of West Indies
caption_attribution_description: Ivan Johnson in team photo of Young England XI 1972
context_page_description: Ivan Nicholas Johnson is a former professional, all rounder, English first-class cricketer who played for Worcestershire County Cricket Club from 1972 to 1975. He is the only Bahamian to have played professional cricket at the first-class and junior Test cricket level. He is also the only Bahamian to have worked as a staff sub-editor and journalist on newspapers in Fleet Street. In 1990 Johnson founded The Punch, a controversial Bahamian tabloid newspaper.
context_section_description: Johnson spent the remainder of the 1972 season on a tour of the West Indies with the England Under-19 cricket team. He topped the batting averages in the junior test matches. He scored 438 runs, including a century and three half-centuries, at an average of 62.57. He was the only Young England player to score a century on the tour. In Jamaica, Johnson scored 110 not out at Jarrett Park and 74 at Sabina Park. In Barbados, he scored 70 and 82 not out at Kensington Oval. In Trinidad, he scored 26 at Queen's Park Oval and in Guyana, he scored 21 at Bourda and in Nevis he scored 36 at Grove Park, Charlestown. He took wickets with his slow left-arm spin bowling, notably 4 for 37 at Bourda in Georgetown, Guyana. The Young England team also played in Antigua and Saint Vincent.
caption: Johnson, back row, 7th from left, Young England 1972 in Barbados.
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