Randall Lyon

{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Randall Lyon

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = John Randall Lyon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|3|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Trinidad

| death_date =

| death_place =

| country = West Indies

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = North Trinidad

| year1 = 1973-74 to 1977-78

| club2 = Trinidad

| year2 = 1975-76 to 1982-83

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 40

| runs1 = 616

| bat avg1 = 13.10

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 55

| deliveries1 = 96

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 22.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/31

| catches/stumpings1= 62/24

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 10

| runs2 = 40

| bat avg2 = 20.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 26

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 7/4

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23853/23853.html Cricket Archive

| date = 29 June

| year = 2014

}}

John Randall Lyon (born 4 March 1952, Trinidad) is a former Trinidad cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1974 to 1983. He toured India in 1978-79 with the West Indian team but did not play Test cricket.

A wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman, Randall Lyon made his first-class debut for North Trinidad in the Texaco Cup in the 1973-74 season. He first played for Trinidad in the 1975-76 Shell Shield, when he led the competition's fielding statistics with 11 dismissals, including five stumpings off the spin bowling of Raphick Jumadeen and Inshan Ali.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Shell_Shield_1975-76/Fielding_by_Dismissals.html Shell Shield 1975-76 Fielding dismissals] He continued to play for Trinidad in 1976-77 and 1977-78, making his only first-class fifty against Barbados in 1977-78.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37815.html Barbados v Trinidad 1977-78]

With most of the senior West Indian cricketers playing World Series Cricket in Australia in the 1978-79 season,Wisden 1980, p. 980. Lyon was one of several inexperienced players to be selected for the tour of India. He played in most of the first-class matches outside the Tests. He continued to play for Trinidad until the end of the 1982-83 season.

Until Brendan Nash played in 2008, Lyon was the last white cricketer to represent the West Indies.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvwi2008_09/content/story/381661.html Different backgrounds, common debut] Retrieved 29 June 2014. He lives in Trinidad, where he has coached young wicket-keepers.[http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news02/ns206219.htm Sir Frank Worrell Development Centre opened in Trinidad] Retrieved 29 June 2014.