William Joynson
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Full name | William Reginald Hamborough Joynson | ||||||||||||||
Born | 18 May 1917 Bickley, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 4 December 2000 Bath, Somerset, England | (aged 83)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1939 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 May 2020 |
William Reginald Hamborough Joynson (18 May 1917 – 4 December 2000) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of Lieutenant Colonel William Owen Hamborough Joynson, one-time chairman of Kent County Cricket Club,[1] he was born at Bickley in May 1917. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Joynson made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University at Oxford in 1939, against Gloucestershire and Yorkshire.[3] However, any further prospect of playing first-class cricket for Oxford was curtailed by the commencement of the Second World War in September 1939. Joynson served in the war, being commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant in October 1940.[4] Following the war, Joynson became a farmer in Kent.[5] He died in December 2000 at Bath, Somerset.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1968". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Player profile: William Joynson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Joynson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "No. 34990". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 November 1940. p. 6543.
- ^ "No. 39702". The London Gazette. 20 April 1951. p. 2273.
External links
[edit]- 1917 births
- 2000 deaths
- People from Bickley
- Cricketers from the London Borough of Bromley
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- English farmers
- Military personnel from the London Borough of Bromley
- English cricket biography, 1910s birth stubs