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	'''John Villiers Young''' (16 August 1884 ~~–~~ 8 September 1960) was an ~~English~~ [[~~cricket]]er. Young's [[batting (cricket)~~\|~~batting~~]] ~~and~~ [[~~bowling (~~cricket~~)\|bowling~~]] ~~style is unknown~~. He was born at [[Dharwad\|Dharwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], (today Dharwad, [[Karnataka]], [[India]]). He was educated at [[Eastbourne College]] and later attended [[St John's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/34156.html\|title=Player profile: John Young\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>		'''John Villiers Young''' (16 August 1884 — 8 September 1960) was an [[English people\|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er.

	Young ~~made his~~ [[~~first~~-~~class~~ cricket\|first-class]] ~~debut~~ for [[Sussex County Cricket Club\|Sussex]] against [[Essex County Cricket Club\|Essex]] ~~in [[1908 County Championship]]. He made two further first-class appearances in 1908~~, ~~against~~ [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club\|Worcestershire]] and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club\|Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by John Young\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=11 ~~December 2011~~}}</ref> ~~In these three matches, he~~ scored ~~a total of~~ 105 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)\|average]] of 21.00, with a ~~high~~ score of 84.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/f_Batting_by_Team.html\|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Young\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=11 December ~~2011~~}}</ref> ~~This score came on debut against Essex~~.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://~~cricketarchive~~.~~com~~/~~Archive~~/~~Scorecards~~/7/~~7687.html~~\|title=~~Essex v Sussex~~, ~~1908 County Championship~~\|~~publisher~~=~~CricketArchive~~\|~~accessdate~~=~~11 December 2011~~}}</ref>		Young was born in [[British India]] at [[Dharwad\|Dharwar]] in August 1884. He was educated in England at [[Eastbourne College]], where he played as an [[all-rounder]] for the college cricket team from 1901 to 1904, captaining the team in his final two years.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite book\|title=Wisden Anthology 1940–1963\|first=Benny\|last=Green\|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]\|location=London\|page=986\|year=1970\|language=English}}</ref> From Eastbourne he went up to the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1906, where he spent a year before transferring to the [[University of Oxford]], where he attended [[St John's College, Oxford]]; he had the distinction of appearing in freshman matches for both Cambridge and Oxford, but never appeared for either teams senior sides.<ref name="OBIT"/> Young appeared in three [[first-class cricket]] matches for [[Sussex County Cricket Club\|Sussex]] in the [[1908 County Championship]], making appearances against [[Essex County Cricket Club\|Essex]], [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club\|Worcestershire]], and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club\|Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by John Young\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=2011-12-11\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an [[batting average (cricket)\|average]] of 21.00, with a highest score of 84.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/f_Batting_by_Team.html\|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Young\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=2011-12-11\|url-access=subscription}}</ref> After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the [[Indian Forest Service\|Imperial Forestry Service]] in December 1909.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Commonwealth_Forestry_Review/d_IsAQAAMAAJ\|title=The Commonwealth Forestry Review\|publisher=Commonwealth Forestry Association\|page=3\|year=1961\|volume=40\|language=English}}</ref> He served in the [[First World War]] from May to August 1918 in the [[British Indian Army]] Reserve of Officers as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries\|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=31032\|date=26 November 1918\|page=13931}}</ref> He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_India_Office_and_Burma_Office_List/zVkKAAAAIAAJ\|title=The India Office and Burma Office List\|publisher=Harrison and Sons, Limited\|page=876\|year=1928\|language=English}}</ref> He later served as a councillor on [[Eastbourne Borough Council\|Eastbourne Town Council]] for Hampden Park Ward from 1938.<ref>A New Councillor Mr J. V. Young Returned Unopposed For Hampden Park. ''Eastbourne Chronicle''. 27 August 1938. p. 13</ref> He died in hospital at [[Eastbourne]] in September 1960. His brother was [[Dick Young (cricketer)\|Dick Young]], who played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team\|England]].<ref name="OBIT"/>

	He ~~died at~~ [[Eastbourne]], [[~~Sussex~~]] ~~on 8~~ September 1960. His brother was [[Dick Young (cricketer)\|Dick Young]], who played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team\|England]].

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	*~~[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/~~23567~~.html John Young] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]~~		*{{cricinfo\|id=23567}}
	*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/34156.html John Young] at CricketArchive

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'''John Villiers Young''' (16 August 1884 – 8 September 1960) was an English [[cricket]]er. Young's [[batting (cricket)|batting]] and [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] style is unknown. He was born at [[Dharwad|Dharwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], (today Dharwad, [[Karnataka]], [[India]]). He was educated at [[Eastbourne College]] and later attended [[St John's College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/34156.html|title=Player profile: John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>

Young made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] in [[1908 County Championship]]. He made two further first-class appearances in 1908, against [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> In these three matches, he scored a total of 105 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 21.00, with a high score of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref> This score came on debut against Essex.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7687.html|title=Essex v Sussex, 1908 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>

He died at [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]] on 8 September 1960. His brother was [[Dick Young (cricketer)|Dick Young]], who played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]].

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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23567.html John Young] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/34156.html John Young] at CricketArchive

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