John Boak
{{short description|Scottish cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
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| country = Scotland
| fullname = John Boak
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|6|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1876|10|29|1837|6|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bermondsey, London, England
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast
| role =
| family =
| club1 = Middlesex
| year1 = 1873
| clubnumber1 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 19
| bat avg1 = 9.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 11
| deliveries1 = 56
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 37.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/20
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 3 December
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9827.html Cricinfo
}}
John Boak (27 June 1837 – 29 October 1876) was a Scottish cricketer. Boak was a right-handed batsman bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Edinburgh and educated at the Royal High School.
Boak made his only first-class appearance for Middlesex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1873.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27972/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by John Boak] In his only first-class match, he scored 19 runs at a batting average of 9.50, with a high score of 11. In the field he took 2 catches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27972/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Boak] With the ball he took a single wicket at a bowling average of 37.00, with best figures of 1/20.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27972/f_Bowling_by_Team.html First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Boak]
Prior to his single first-class match, Boak emigrated to Australia in 1858. While there he played initially for a combined New South Wales and Victoria in the 1861/62 season. In the 1863/64 season, Boak played for New South Wales and the following season for Queensland.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27972/all_teams.html Teams John Boak played for] His matches for both New South Wales and Queensland came before either state held first-class status. He later returned to England in 1868.
Three years after playing for Middlesex, Boak was killed when he was hit by a train while crossing a railway line in Bermondsey, London[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9827.html Cricinfo profile] on 29 October 1876.
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9827.html John Boak] at Cricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27972/27972.html John Boak] at CricketArchive
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Category:Cricketers from Edinburgh
Category:People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh