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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Roland Ingram-Johnson
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Roland Edward Sydney Ingram-Johnson
| birth_date = 28 March 1899
| birth_place = [[Lanchester, County Durham|Lanchester]], [[County Durham]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|6|17|1899|3|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Norwich]], [[Norfolk]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1925/26–1945/46
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 53
| bat avg1 = 7.57
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 19
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/2
| date = 11 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/roland-ingram-johnson-29551 Cricinfo
}}

'''Roland Edward Sydney Ingram-Johnson''' (28 March 1899 – 17 June 1967) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

Ingram-Johnson was born in March 1899 at [[Lanchester, County Durham]]. He was educated at [[Rossall School]], where he played for the school cricket team.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Rossall Register, 1844-1913|first=George|last=Mason|date=1913|publisher=[[Holywell Press]]|location=[[Oxford]]|page=378|language=en}}</ref> Ingram-Johnson was commissioned into the [[British Indian Army]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in September 1918,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31279|date=8 April 1919|page=4580}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in August 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31779|date=13 February 1920|page=1834}}</ref> Serving with the [[151st Sikh Infantry|151st Punjabi Rifles]], he was made an acting [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in December 1919 whilst commanding a company.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31837|date=26 March 1920|page=3679}}</ref> Whilst in [[British India]], Ingram-Johnson made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the 1925–26 [[Lahore Tournament]]. Two further first-class appearances followed in March 1928, for the Europeans against the Muslims in the 1927–28 Lahore Tournament, and for the [[Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency|Punjab Governor's XI]] against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13773/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Roland Ingram-Johnson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=11 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played [[club cricket]] in Northern India, and alongside [[Norman Burrell]], he was the only club cricketer to pass 1,000 runs for the season in 1927.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19280425/205/0011|title=The Sportsman's Diary|work=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)|location=Lahore|page=11|date=25 April 1928|access-date=11 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

Having been promoted to the full rank of captain, he was later promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in August 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34330|date=9 October 1936|page=6436}}</ref> Ingram-Johnson served with the British Indian Army during the [[Second World War]], during the course of which he was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in August 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36832|date=8 December 1944|page=5643}}</ref> Later in 1944, following a sixteen-year gap, he returned to first-class cricket when he played for a [[Services cricket team|Services XI]] against the [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey|Bengal Governor's XI]] at [[Eden Gardens|Calcutta]]. Following the war, he made a final first-class appearance for the Europeans against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in the 1946–47 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Pentangular]],<ref name="FCM"/> which was the final edition of that tournament. In five first-class matches, he scored 53 runs with a highest score of 19; as a [[wicket-keeper]], he took four catches and made two [[stumping]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/roland-ingram-johnson-29551|title=Player profile: Roland Ingram-Johnson|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=11 November 2023}}</ref> He retired from active service in June 1947,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38007|date=4 July 1947|page=3074}}</ref> and returned home, where he played club cricket in the Durham Senior Cricket League. Ingram-Johnson died at [[Norwich]] in June 1967.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29551}}

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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Lanchester, County Durham]]
[[Category:People educated at Rossall School]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Punjab Governor's XI cricketers]]
[[Category:Services cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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