Tyrell Johnson (cricketer)

{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Tyrell Johnson

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Tyrell Fabian Johnson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|1|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tunapuna, Trinidad

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|4|5|1917|1|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Couva, Trinidad

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast

| club1 = Trinidad

| year1 = {{nowrap|1935/36–1938/39}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 9

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 9*

| deliveries1 = 240

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 43.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/53

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 18

| runs2 = 90

| bat avg2 = 9.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 27

| deliveries2 = 2,846

| wickets2 = 50

| bowl avg2 = 21.50

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/41

| catches/stumpings2= 8/–

| international = true

| onetest = true

| country = West Indies

| testdebutagainst = England

| testcap = 51

| testdebutdate = 19 August

| testdebutyear = 1939

| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52202.html CricInfo

| date = 12 August

| year = 2022

}}

Tyrell Fabian Johnson (10 January 1917 – 5 April 1985) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in one Test match in 1939.

Tall and thin, Johnson was a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He played for Trinidad in three consecutive finals of the Inter-Colonial Tournament in the late 1930s.{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Tyrell Johnson |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/730/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=31 May 2024}} He was picked for the 1939 West Indies cricket tour to England after taking six wickets for 41 runs in a trial match in February 1939 and leading the West Indian first-class bowling figures for the season with 22 wickets at an average of 9.59.{{cite web |title=First-class Bowling in West Indies for 1938/39 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/WI/1938-39_f_Bowling_by_Average.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=31 May 2024}}

In England in 1939, Johnson took a wicket with his first ball of the tour at Worcester, but was picked for only eight other first-class matches. That included, however, the third Test of the three-match series at The Oval, where he repeated his instant success by taking the wicket of Walter Keeton with his first delivery.{{cite journal |last1=Cozier|first1=Tony|title=Obituaries |journal=The Cricketer |date=June 1985 |page=34 |url=https://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1985/vol_66_no_6/36/index.html}} He took two further wickets in the match (Len Hutton and Norman Oldfield),{{cite web |title=England vs West Indies, 3rd Test at London, Aug 19 1939 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-tour-of-england-1939-61886/england-vs-west-indies-3rd-test-62660/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=31 May 2024}} but managed only 16 on the tour as a whole, at an average of 32 runs per wicket.{{cite web |title=First-Class Bowling for West Indians |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/West_Indies_in_England_1939/f_West_Indians_Bowling.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=31 May 2024}}

This single Test match was Johnson's last first-class cricket appearance.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22421821 |title=Curse of the first ball |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=29 November 2020}} He worked in Trinidad as a customs officer.