testdebutagainst deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place fivefor batting image name lasttestyear fullname heightm birth_place column international role testdebutdate lasttestagainst date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
england balls 1098 4008 09 october 1998 2 5/0 23/0 1948 08 december 1917 right-arm off-spin & ndash ; 1 australia albert park , victoria , australia & ndash ; 5 right-hand johnsonwithhat.jpg ian johnson 1948 ian william geddes johnson 1.77 north melbourne , victoria , australia tests first-class true specialist bowler 10 june england yes 1917 12 08 51 543 1948 7 85 22 july & ndash ; / & ndash ; 1/2 4 22 ian in 1948
 johnson with the australian cricket team in england
ian johnson with the australian cricket team in england article_title_10:in article_title_11:1948

ian johnson was a member of donald bradman 's famous australian cricket team , which toured england in 1948 .
bradman 's men went undefeated in their 34 matches ; this unprecedented feat by a test side touring england earned them the sobriquet `` the invincibles '' .
an off spinner , johnson was a member of bradman 's first-choice team , playing in four of the five tests before being dropped for the final match .
however , he was not prominent in the tests , taking seven wickets at a bowling average of 61.00 .
among the frontline bowlers who played in four or more tests , johnson had the worst average by a factor of almost two and took the least number of wickets .
johnson had little impact with the bat , scoring 51 runs at a batting average of 10.20 , but took five catches in the slips .
johnson had more success in the tour matches , taking 85 wickets at 18.37 in all first-class fixtures .
this ranked him third among the australians in the wicket-taking and fifth in the averages .
he bowled more overs than everyone but bill johnston , allowing bradman to ease the workload on pace spearheads ray lindwall and keith miller , and conserve their energy for the tests .
johnson 's most successful match with the ball was against gloucestershire , in which he took match figures of 11/100 .
he was also more prolific with the bat outside the tests , scoring 543 runs at 30.16 , with a top-score of 113 not out against somerset .
he also made 80 against a marylebone cricket club team that consisted almost entirely of test players .
johnson was prominent in the field , taking 23 catches , the most by a non-wicket-keeper on tour .
