Adam Johnson (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Adam Hugh Vyvyan Johnson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|11|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Wicket-keeper

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| club1 = Cambridgeshire

| year1 = 1999

| club2 = Cambridge MCCU

| year2 = 2001

| club3 = Cambridge University

| year3 = 2001

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 72

| bat avg1 = 18.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 55*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| date = 19 July

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15581.html Cricinfo

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Adam Hugh Vyvyan Johnson (born 28 November 1978) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Johnson was born at Sheffield in November 1978. He was educated at Tapton School, before going up to Jesus College, Cambridge.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10772/10772.html |title=Player profile: Adam Johnson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-19 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge UCCE against Kent at Fenner's in 2001. He made three further first-class appearances in 2001, playing twice more for Cambridge UCCE and once for Cambridge University against Oxford University.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10772/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Adam Johnson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-19 |url-access=subscription}} In his four first-class matches, he scored 72 runs with a high score of 55 not out. In addition to playing first-class cricket he also played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire in 1999, making a single appearance in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10772/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Adam Johnson |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-19 |url-access=subscription}}