Talk:Bill Johnston (cricketer)

message: I have classified the article as a start. While it is more developed than a stub, it still needs improved sourcing and a picture. Capitalistroadster 02:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Classification

message: There seem to be several uncited quotations in the article.  Are sources available for these? matt91486 16:49, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Which ones? I believe I have sourced them all, at the end of the paragraph at least. Blnguyen  (bananabucket) 01:04, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quotations

message: * The lead doesn't look right. It is supposed to be a summary of his career, but half of it is about a single series. Plus there are lines like "By the end of the season, he had played 24 Tests and was a key factor in Australia winning nineteen and losing only two of these" which would do better in the main text.
* As Ring was a leg spin bowler, they were in direct competition for a place in the XI.
Seems to imply that the reason for the competition with Ring was because he was leg spin bowler. 
*Bradman changed his mind on the morning of the First Test in Trent Bridge when rain was forecast. 
Does any of the sources link the presence of Johnston in the side with the rule that allowed new ball after 55 overs ? There is a line which says As the tour progressed Johnston improved his control as he restrained England’s batsmen between the new ball bursts of Lindwall and Miller.. This will make sense only in the context of the 55 over rule.
*In both the Test and county matches during the 1948 tour, Johnston carried the heaviest workload, bowling nearly 200 overs more than any other member of the squad.
Grammar. He did not bowl 200 more in Test matches
*Johnston finished the season at the top of the first-class bowling averages
He didn't. Lindwall finished higher.
* the fastest player to do so.
Maybe a hint that the fastest is used in the context of time, not the number of Tests
* Johnston was at the peak of his career.
An odd line where it appears
*In the Fourth Test in Melbourne ...
Should be moved inside the paragraph
*Australia’s first series non-victory since the 1932-33 Bodyline series. 
1938 
*He missed the first six first-class matches, before recovering to play in the First Test at Trent Bridge. 
No context
*Johnston was economical, conceding only 2.07 runs per over
What are we talking about ? Test matches ? (his actual rpo should be something else as half of the matches that he played had eight ball overs)
*Bradman rated him as "Australia’s greatest left-hand bowler", ahead of the likes of Alan Davidson. 
ABC does not date this statement, so be careful with the comparison. For all we know, Bradman may have said it in 1948
*but averaged in the 11-12 range in Tests and first-class matches, despite not being able to make a half century.
Why the despite ?
*English Test paceman Alec Bedser bowled wide of the stumps and advised Johnston not to do anything that lose him his wicket
The source quotes Alec Bedser but from the scorecard, it doesn't look like Johnston ever faced Bedser. Fingleton writes in Ashes crown the year that 'Langley wouldn't take the risk of Johnston even having to take a ball and so threw his wicket away'.
Feel free to ignore those which are my personal opinions. Tintin 00:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tintin's comments 

message: I don't think this is correct.  Warwick Armstrong was a practising Catholic. If no-one objects, I will remove this comment shortly. -- Mattinbgn\talk 22:50, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lindsay Hassett - forst Catholic to captain Australia 

message: There is some uncertainty surrounding the date of Johnston's death. Australian sources such as AAP and SMH have tended towards the 25th. Other sources, especially UK, have mentioned the 24th. The obituary sources indicated he died "overnight" which probably contributed to the confusion. The Australian AAP and SMH sources (25th) seem most reliable, so have unified the death date on the 25th. Dl2000 (talk) 01:19, 5 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of death

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message: ....was 102, albeit 17 innings and 16 not out. Surely worth a mention? WillE (talk) 19:11, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  1953 Batting Average