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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = John Weatherby
| image =
| country = England
| international =
| full_name = John Harry Weatherby
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|2|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Oatlands, Surrey|Oatlands]], Surrey, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|2|6|1870|2|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Leamington Spa]], Warwickshire, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting =
| bowling =
| role = Occasional [[wicket-keeper]]
| family = [[Charles Weatherby]] (brother)<br />[[Francis Weatherby]] (brother)<br />[[John Atkinson-Clark]] (nephew)
| club1 = [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]]
| year1 = 1896–1898
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year2 = 1901/02–1903/04
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 430
| bat avg1 = 25.29
| 100s/50s1 = –/3
| top score1 = 74
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–
| date = 27 June
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35956.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''John Harry Weatherby''' (13 February 1870 – 6 February 1948) was an English [[cricket]]er. Weatherby's [[batsman (cricket)|batting]] and [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] styles are unknown, but it is known he fielded occasionally as a [[wicket-keeper]]. He was born in [[Oatlands, Surrey|Oatlands]], Surrey and educated at [[Winchester College]], where he played for the college cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14848/all_teams.html|title=Teams John Weatherby played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref>

Weatherby made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[R. S. Lucas' XI cricket team in the West Indies in 1894–95|RS Lucas' XI]] during the team's tour of the West Indies in early 1895. He made his debut against [[Barbados national cricket team|Barbados]], and played seven further first-class matches on tour, the last coming against [[Jamaica national cricket team|Jamaica]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14848/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Weatherby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> In his 8 first-class matches on the tour, he scored 248 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 22.54,<ref name="FCBAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14848/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Weatherby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> with a single [[half century]] score of 56, which he made against [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team|Trinidad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4275.html|title=Trinidad v RS Lucas' XI, 1894/95|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref>

In England, Weatherby made his debut for [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]] in the 1896 [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Oxfordshire County Cricket Club|Oxfordshire]]. He played [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|Minor counties]] cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1896 to 1897, making 3 further Minor Counties Championship appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14848/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Weatherby|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref> Later, when in the [[British Raj]], Weatherby played first-class cricket for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]], twice against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in 1901 and again against the same opposition in a single match in 1903.<ref name="FCM"/> Weatherby scored 182 runs for the Europeans at an average of 30.33, with a further two half-centuries.<ref name="FCBAT"/> It was for the Europeans that he scored his highest first-class score, making 74 in 1901.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5828.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, 1901/02 Bombay Presidency Match|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2011}}</ref>

He came from a family with strong cricketing connections. His brothers [[Charles Weatherby|Charles]] and [[Francis Weatherby|Francis]] played first-class cricket, as did his nephew [[John Atkinson-Clark]]. Weatherby died in [[Leamington Spa]], Warwickshire, on 6 February 1948.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35956.html John Weatherby] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14848/14848.html John Weatherby] at CricketArchive

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[[Category:1870 births]]
[[Category:1948 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Weybridge]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:R. S. Lucas' XI cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Surrey]]

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