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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = John Heath<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = John Stanley Heath<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|8|30|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Swadlincote]], [[Derbyshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|9|1|1891|8|30|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Trentham, Staffordshire|Trentham]], Staffordshire, England<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Leg-break<br />
| role = <br />
| family = [[Frederick Heath (cricketer)|Frederick Heath]]<br />
| club1 = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] <br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1924–1925}}<br />
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| debutdate1 = 9 September<br />
| debutyear1 = 1918<br />
| debutfor1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] <br />
| debutagainst1 = [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]]<br />
| lastdate1 = 4 July<br />
| lastyear1 = 1925<br />
| lastfor1 = Derbyshire<br />
| lastagainst1 = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 11<br />
| runs1 = 214<br />
| bat avg1 = 12.58<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 34<br />
| deliveries1 = 1,174<br />
| wickets1 = 30<br />
| bowl avg1 = 27.73<br />
| fivefor1 = 3<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/33<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 8/–<br />
| date = February<br />
| year = 2012<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13662/13662.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
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'''John Stanley Heath''' (30 August 1891 – 1 September 1972) was an English [[cricket]]er who played first-class cricket for [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] in India in 1918/19 and for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] in 1924 and 1925.<br />
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Heath was born at [[Swadlincote]], [[Derbyshire]]. He played minor counties cricket for [[Staffordshire County Cricket Club|Staffordshire]] from 1911 to 1914. He made his first-class debut in 1918 playing for Europeans in the [[Bombay Quadrangular]] tournament in India when he achieved his best bowling performance of 5 for 33 against [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] and also 5 for 40 against [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]]. In 1920 he was back with Staffordshire, for whom he played until he joined Derbyshire in 1924. He also played two games for [[H. D. G. Leveson Gower]]'s XI in 1921. He made his Derbyshire debut in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924|1924 season]] in July against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]], and played three more matches for the club that season when he achieved 5 for 54 against [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]. He played one match for Derbyshire in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925|1925 season]] and then resumed his games for Staffordshire until 1935.<br />
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Heath was a right-hand batsman and played nineteen innings in eleven first-class matches with an average of 12.58 and a top score of 34. He was a leg-break bowler and took 30 first-class wickets with an average of 27.73 and a best performance of 5 for 33.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13662/13662.html John Heath at CricketArchive]</ref><br />
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Heath died at [[Trentham, Staffordshire|Trentham]], Staffordshire, at the age of 81. His brother [[Frederick Heath (cricketer)|Frederick Heath]] also played for Derbyshire.<br />
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