John Duffell
FIFTY SUMMERS WITH ‘JD’
It occurred to me recently that this summer sees the fiftieth that I have shared with my friend John Duffell, universally known by the soubriquet JD.
A good time, then, for me to reflect on our friendship, his achievements and his contribution to the cricket club; a contribution that continues with him reliably standing as umpire most weekends. Also, another chance for me to recount my favourite stories – which I never tire of telling!
With only a couple of exceptions today’s players only know John and I as umpires but it is true for both of us that that is not how we would wish to be remembered. Umpiring is an unfulfilling substitute for playing and this is best exemplified by JD himself when three summers ago in 2012 Grenfell were a player short. With wickets tumbling and the danger that high scoring Madhu Singireddy would be stranded having run out of partners someone came up with the notion of recalling the umpire to see if he would be willing to don the pads. JD did not need asking twice and even managed 5 not out. A repeat of this situation in the following year, 2013 leaves me with one of my happiest and abiding memories of JD. Fielding in the mid off position a catch was spooned up in his direction. Lumbering forward, eyes on the ball, JD nearly didn’t get there but tumbling forward he managed to gather the catch close to the ground. Oh happy days! Sixty-six years old and still moments to treasure! In his career JD took many spectacular catches but none to such acclaim as he got on this on this day and none where the square leg umpire (me) rushed over to high five him!
It was in the midst of 2005, one our most successful summers, that JD announced his retirement. This was a big surprise as I think we all believed that he would die with his pads on. In fact many of us thought we had witnessed that very event only for him to suddenly push the ball to silly mid-off and call “one”.
It was an innocuous end to a long and distinguished career that had begun forty years earlier in 1966. That was in the days of black and white television and before England had won the World Cup. Our only subs were an annual sub of £2 and tea was a shilling (5p). I was playing on the day of John’s first game which was at the Civil Service ground on the junction of the A20 and the South-circular roads at Eltham. I don’t recall how he performed but his appearance was made memorable when having been asked by the skipper, Stan Chisnell, if he would mind fielding at square leg, JD replied that indeed he would mind. Mine were not the only eyebrows raised at John’s audacity. JD had still to learn that such requests from captains are purely rhetorical. Knowing Stan, the proper etiquette would have been explained to him that very evening in no uncertain terms. If they had got off on the wrong foot, Stan was to become much admired by JD and vice versa. A gritty left handed opening bat, Stan worked for his runs, he had a limited range of shots but which he played to great effect; traits that JD would also display.
That was the first of many games that I played in with JD and our cricketing careers ran in parallel thereafter, there being only two months between our ages. As he did on his debut, JD couldn’t help leaving without some controversy and I recall consoling his last captain, Martin Secrett, “Don’t worry, Martin, you aren’t the first captain JD thought to be wanker.” At various times he has thought it of all of them – and expressed it.
What his remarks did demonstrate was JD’s commitment. There has not been a more devoted and competitive cricketer in my time at the club and that allows for the fact that we could fill a bus with players on whom such description would rest easily. It would be fair to say that JD expected every one of his team mates to share his resolve. However, whatever irks JD he still remains loyal to the cause and I think that an admirable quality.
As to his ability, his was no precocious talent but a technique developed by practise and dedication. Handicapped by virtual blindness in his left eye which can just about distinguish between light and dark – he consequently adopted a very square on stance to compensate and use his right eye. Predominantly a back foot player and playing quite late he was at his best against the fastest of bowlers when, using the bowlers own speed, a square cut or leg glance would deflect the ball to the third man and fine leg areas – often gathering boundaries as these are big areas to defend against a speeding ball. His signature stroke however was a square drive (that not many of us can play); positioning himself square in front of stumps and leaving it until late he would drop a heavy bat driving it off his toes past cover point. Another shot recognisably typical of JD was the sweep when he would drop low and strike the ball either backward of square leg or through mid – wicket. Most important to his success was the soundness of his defence and the mental strength to resist playing shots he couldn’t play. Eminently suited to opening the batting it was a role he relished for some thirty or more seasons forging many successful partnerships. The most prolific of these was with John Heinson; his first with Stan Chisnell and others included Ken Angelo and, sometimes, me.
The statistics for JD are quite staggering and we all know that they are important to him but there is no doubt that many times over the years JD has provided some priceless runs in the Grenfell cause. His biggest strength is not only that he likes to occupy the crease; it is that he has the capability and concentration to do it. Throughout his career he has been a very prolific run-scorer. After serving his apprenticeship at 9, 10, 11, JD was promoted to open on a regular basis I would guess around 1968. He responded in 1970 with a seasons total of 924 runs (av.30.80 )including 7 fifties. A club record at that time it remains his season’s best and was sandwiched between 548 runs (18.90) in 1969 and 547 (24.86)in 1971. His only blip was in 1972 but JD was not the only one to suffer a decline in form that summer and he recovered to post 462 (30.80), 426 (23.67), 418 (34.83), 420 (26.25), 468 (29.25) and 456 (24.00) in the six seasons between 1975 and 1980, a model of consistency. But the best was yet to come. In 1981 he scored 745 (av. 35.48) with 6 fifties and followed that in the seasons 1982/3/4 with 657 (av. 28.63), 502 (av. 33.47) and 739 (av. 46.19), the last with another 6 fifties. He topped the batting averages in 1970, 1971, 1975 and 1983.
Assuming he has played his last, but until he has a mobility scooter I would not rule out another, he has made 699 appearances. It may well be a conservative estimate to suggest that we played more than 500 matches together. He is the club’s leading run scorer of all time with a monumental 13,044 runs at an average of 24.93. He never made a century, his highest individual score being 91 not out in an undefeated partnership of 204 with John Heinson. That was the only double century partnership in which he figured but he shared in another 23 century partnerships and a further 141 stands over fifty. Remarkable statistics. With thirty-five different partners it is interesting to analyse the most recurrent of them. 30 were with John Heinson and 30 with me. Of the others, 10 were with Tony Haylock, 9 with Keith Finch, 7 each with Stan Chisnell, Phil Blake and Kevin Laroche, 5 each with Ken Angelo and Pete Emmison. These names are all contemporaries of JD and are a nod to a peak era in the nineteen seventies and eighties. With the possible exception of Stan Chisnell and John Heinson the most conspicuous feature of all these partners is that they are all renowned strokemakers. However, he also shared 5 (two of them century) with Gary Willson in the nineteen-nineties when in his veteran status. Others of the nineties and noughties to share stands with JD include Brian Mullens (3) Jamie Muddiman (2) Matt Stevens (2) Simon Stevens (2) Danny Demarzo (2)and John Jones – again, all aggressive batsmen. What all this suggests is that JD was at his best when providing support to the more adventurous of his teammates. For my part he has always been my favourite partner and I know that Kevin Laroche often remarked on the value and security of having JD as a partner.
Commencing in 1977 JD began an association with John Heinson that was to yield 30 partnerships over fifty, 22 of them as openers and 10 of them becoming century stands. Bizarrely JD has only twice held a club record, the longest being that of 176 undefeated with John Heinson for the third wicket v Higham & Mockbeggar on 25 September 1982. That it occurred for the third wicket and not the first is because both had arrived late at the ground. It stood until 2000. His other, 69 with Alan Coupland v Blackheath Wanderers for the 7th wicket on 14 June 1970 was exceeded just one year later.
His first stand over fifty was in conjunction with me when, as nineteen year olds, we put on 79 for the 3rd wicket against United Dairies on 5 June 1966, in his debut season. Scrutiny of our partnerships shows that over 40 seasons we made fifty stands for every wicket from first to eighth! Our last together, and coincidentally the last either of us was to make, was an unbeaten 63 for the 7th wicket against Broadway on 18 August 2002. Ten of our thirty stands were as openers and much as I enjoyed batting first I was mostly regarded as an all-rounder and usually gave way to more specialist batsman. However in 1993 the Saturday League XI were not enjoying any success but JD and I were nevertheless astonished to be recalled (aged forty-six) by a desperate skipper, John Heinson, to open the batting against League leaders, Met Police on 7 August. We surprised ourselves with our response putting on 71 and two weeks later followed it up with 59 against ROTA.
Although not a big hitter of the ball, JD was (and in fact right up to his last innings) an accumulator, master of the push and run. It did get me into trouble with him once when we were playing against Suburbagas. He pushed and ran, I started out from the non-strikers end but soon realised that I wasn’t going to make it to the other end so I turned and went back. As JD was very quick it was touch and go whether I got back before he got home. With the wicket duly broken at the other end we both stood our ground while the umpires tried to decide which one of us was out. I was more than a bit annoyed with JD.
“You might at least call,” I said.
“O.K.” he casually replied, “heads”!
John will doubtless have his own views on what was his best innings. I have mentioned his highest but others stand out in my memory. The first was against Statics on 12 June 1971, a game in which he was not scheduled to play but a frantic telephone call summoned him when we were a man short. He arrived just in time to go in at number seven as we were too soon 64 for 5 (despite a fifty from Pete Emmison!). JD led the recovery but a big total still did not look possible at 109 – 8 when an inexperienced sixteen – year – old Graham Strelley joined him. Graham was urged only to hold up his end and with JD commandeering the strike whenever he could they put on 49 – of which John scored 48!! Yes, 48. Their undefeated partnership enabled Grenfell to declare at tea on 158 – 8 of which JD had scored 76 not out including a rarely, for him, struck six.
One more innings that averted a disaster was his 86 v Blackheath Wanderers on 14 June 1970. I was at number six and not anticipating batting before lunch in an all – day match so finding myself going out to bat within the first half hour with the total at 11 – 4 was a concern that the whole game could be over by lunch. It was not to be as JD and I put on 77 although I was still out before lunch. Alan Coupland followed me in and with JD they steadily added another 69 for the seventh wicket before John was out enabling a more than respectable total.
However, it was another innings against Blackheath Wanderers that is especially impressive. On a green and hostile wicket we only needed 73 to win having bowled them out for 72. JD scored 41 not out as we won by only four wickets and was the only batsman on either side to get into double figures!
During the drought summer of 1976 it was very, very hot and JD and I opened the batting facing just 4 or 5 overs before tea. Our opponents, Tilling Stevens, having declared early setting us a target of some 200 plus. For some reason we started like a train and had thirty or so runs on the board by teatime but in the oppressive heat running between the wickets had been very tiring. As we came off I suggested that we cut out some of the quick singles when we restart. “Good idea,” agreed JD, “we’ll cut out yours”
I said he was quick. For those of you that have only known JD in the last few years you probably cannot imagine that he was an outstanding and agile outfielder. Small and slightly built he was quick across the ground with a good pick-up and throw. At a time when we had a lot of young players with good arms I’m still inclined to think that John‘s throw was the longest and most accurate. He also was a sound catcher and a brave close fielder when required.
If batting and fielding were JD’s strengths he was also a decent slow left arm bowler and could keep wicket, making him more than useful to have around. His early career was hampered, as was mine and any other prospective spinners, by having captains who were not believers in spin bowling. In later years he had too much competition for his craft but more so was he preserved for his batting. Nevertheless he bowled more than 800 overs for the club taking 145 wickets at an average 24.01. His best, 5 -24 v Britannic House on 29 August 1976. Overall, he took 166 catches (29 as wicket-keeper) and 5 stumpings.
In 1981 he became the third winner of the Founders Trophy after Kevin Laroche and John Heinson had been the first two winners. 1981 was JD’s best season since 1970.
Recent years have seen him the recipient of the Jean Pearce award for his umpiring commitment but he has also previously served the Club in official capacity; Assistant Secretary 1970 – 73 (inclusive) and seven years as Treasurer from 2000 to 2006. Beyond that he provided invaluable help and support when, for the 1997 season, Grenfell took the decision to continue as a Sunday only club. The decision was not popular with every member and some were lost but JD and I saw it as an opportunity to encourage and develop a younger team. We had a strategy to go with our ideal; depending on the situation one of us would bat at one and the other at six and, in the field, keep Keith Finch bowling from one end for as long as possible. Need I express our thrill at the young players progress and the delight at the extension to our playing careers at fifty years old?
I was surprised in my research to discover that JD was not a Club Captain until 1996 although he was first a vice-captain in 1980.He will have skippered many times in his career, often, I now suppose, as the senior player in the absence of appointed captains. The enigma with JD’s captaincy is that it is far removed as you can get from his image as a batsman. Whereas JD’s batting was usually about not taking risks, he was surprisingly bold as a captain, always looking to ring changes, to make things happen. Happy to declare leaving gettable targets or to gives runs away if it means opening a game up for opponents to chase.
Most of you will know that even when not skippering a side he’s still very attentive to what is happening and often gives invaluable advice. We were playing a team, Cobham, near Gravesend and for those of you not familiar with the ground it is a near perfect batting strip and in all the years that we played there, no side had ever been bowled out. Bearing this in mind and having a side very short of bowlers, on winning the toss I elected to bat second as our best chance of getting a win. It was a boiling hot day and the whole thing backfired on me as within an hour they had reached some 100 for 1 and I had already used five bowlers. I was looking for inspiration when JD caught my attention. Oh, good I thought, JD will have something useful to offer.
“Do you want some advice, skipper” he asked.
“You bet” I said
“Did you win the toss?”
“Yeah”
“And you put them in?” he exclaimed
“Yeah, well?” I asked
“Well,” he says after a thoughtful pause “I wouldn’t have done that” and walked away.
If JD and I are not alike as players I can at least say we are similar in our approach to captaincy. Another reason I am so fond of him is that my most prolific seasons as a batsman coincided with when I was promoted to open the batting with him. There were many amusing exchanges between us, on the field as well as off, and a lot of leg pulling.
On the personal front he has been married to the delightful and long suffering Anne since 1972 with whom he has a daughter, Suzanne and son, Peter. But their lives have not been without tragedy when their first born, son Stuart, died after three days having been born with respiratory difficulties. An unbearable loss with which they have coped stoically despite their suffering. For a long while John enjoyed a successful globe-trotting career as a commodity broker specialising in nuts but it came to a premature end. An uncomplaining Anne endured rheumatoid arthritis for most of her life but as her health deteriorated John has spent the last twenty years as her carer.
LEONARD FRANK JOHNSON Born 09.03.1929.Died 26.02.2014
Born in Blackheath with a brother and a sister, married to Julia with four children, Peter (1958), Nicholas (1960), Clare (1964) and Gregory (1968) and eight grandchildren. Only one of the grandchildren lives in the UK as Peter now resides in New Zealand with four children and Greg in USA with his three children.
Len was one of a talented quartet of cricketers comprising himself, Keith Newton, Derek Dennis and Pat Harris, all of whom remained lifelong friends, introduced to Grenfell by Harold Tozer in 1951. Len was considered to be the batsman in the group but after limited success in his first two seasons he developed into a useful right arm medium bowler and took 370 wickets in a remarkably long career.
In all he played 534 games for the Club over 38 seasons. What is extraordinary is that he played more than half (276) after the age of forty (an age at which most players contemplate retirement) and finished aged fifty-nine. He also took more than half of his wickets (194) in this latter period. The most wickets he took in a season however were 28 (av. 8.66) in 1956.
It was in this early period that an incident occurred when Len, attempting a slower delivery, bowled a head high beamer, the batsman, taking avoiding action, pulled away towards the square leg direction only for the ball to drop in an arc and land on the bails. Len immediately acquired the nickname “Bomber” by which he was affectionately known to team-mates throughout his career.
Always among the leading fielders each season, although Len was not the most athletic he was swift and energetic in the outfield with a long throw, a reliable catcher and on occasions took some exceptional catches. In all he held 147 catches (1 as wicket-keeper)
While his batting never quite realised its early promise Len established a sound defensive technique making him a more than useful stop gap opening batsman.
His highest score 42 not out was against Dulwich Parkside in 1970 further distinguishing himself in the same match by taking 7 -17, his best ever bowling performance. The local newspaper, Kentish Mercury, heralded his success with the main headline in its sports pages “Johnson flays the bowlers and slays the batsmen”. Needless to say it attracted a lot of mickey-taking from the other players which Len took with good heart to the extent that he circulated the myth that he had written the report himself ( – he hadn’t, of course).
His previous best score, 41 v Catford Postal a decade earlier, was as an opening batsman. The innings of which Len was most proud, conversely, was at the opposite end of the batting order against Old Wilsonians in 1979. Last man in with the score at 109 for 9 of which Kevin Laroche had scored 90 there seemed every likelihood that Kevin would be left stranded short of a hundred. After all no-one else had got a double figure score but Len was determined to survive to get Kevin to his century. In the end they put on 51 undefeated and were able to declare at tea-time, Kevin delighted to have got his ton.
It should be mentioned that this was not Len’s first significant last wicket stand. In 1952 he and Bob Rolfe created the then Club record stand of 41 in which Len’s contribution was 0 no out! The record stood for three years.
His most runs in a season 139 (av. 13.90) was 1970.
He took five wickets or more in an innings on ten other occasions with one, 5-23 v B.I.C.C. in 1977, which included a hat-trick. Dramatically the hat-trick was completed when the third batsman spectacularly shattered his own stumps in the rare dismissal of hit wicket.
Clubs like Grenfell can only exist because of the commitment and dedication of its officers and in this regard Len’s unselfish devotion was unprecedented and he will always be held in the highest esteem by those who knew him. He served as Secretary 1957, 1975/6/7/8/9/80. Treasurer 1964/5/6/7. Fixture Secretary 1968/9/70/1/2/3/4. Assistant Secretary 1953.
Elected to Life Membership in 1975 and appointed chairman in 1981 following the elevation of Ron Stevens to President. Created Vice President in 1992 and became President in 1997 on the death of Ron Stevens. If that was not enough, Len also served on the committee for A.K.C.C. (Metropolitan District) from 1984.
Before joining Grenfell C C, Len served National Service in the Army between 1947 -49. A keen sportsman, he played soccer in the Brockley & District and Metropolitan Leagues and for various Post Office teams, usually at right back and “hung up his boots” at age 35. He played table tennis in the Wandsworth League and also swum competitively. Recreationally he indulged in cycling, tennis, golf and badminton.
Len’s cricket career was ultimately based on him playing once a week as he also had other passions which he indulged with similar enthusiasm; travel, history (churches and archaeology) and was a practising digger as a member of the West Kent Group of Archaeology and the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit. Member of the Beckenham Photographic Society.
He was quite partial to a beer or two as well.
GRENFELL CAREER
Batting and Fielding Bowling Wicket-
Keeping
| YEAR | MTS | INNS | NO | RUNS | HS | AV’GE | 50 | CTS | OVRS | MDN | RUNS | WKTS | AV’GE | 5WI | CTS |
| 1951 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 22 | 4.61 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1952 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 3.07 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1953 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 57 | 16* | 6.00 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 104 | 10 | 10.40 | |||
| 1954 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 3* | 1.57 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 69 | 6 | 11.50 | |||
| 1955 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 1.00 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 113 | 8 | 14.13 | |||
| 1956 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 8* | 4.00 | 9 | 84.1 | 13 | 242 | 28 | 8.65 | 2 | ||
| 1957 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 64 | 19 | 5.33 | 5 | 71.1 | 15 | 240 | 15 | 16.00 | 1 | ||
| 1958 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 8.60 | 6 | 65.2 | 4 | 266 | 15 | 17.73 | 1 | ||
| 1959 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 9* | 5.83 | 3 | 56.3 | 9 | 188 | 13 | 14.46 | 1 | ||
| 1960 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 97 | 41 | 13.85 | 3 | 30.4 | 5 | 118 | 4 | 29.50 | |||
| 1961 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 13 | 3.80 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 | ||||
| 1962 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 58 | 13 | 7.25 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 170 | 6 | 28.33 | |||
| 1963 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 113 | 26* | 14.12 | 5 | 59.3 | 16 | 170 | 12 | 14.16 | 1 | ||
| 1964 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 10 | 4.11 | 2 | 76.2 | 10 | 294 | 17 | 17.29 | |||
| 1965 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 67 | 23* | 6.70 | 4 | 67 | 20 | 250 | 12 | 20.83 | |||
| 1966 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 36 | 11.50 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 153 | 9 | 17.00 | |||
| 1967 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 104 | 25 | 14.85 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 1968 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 4.71 | 5 | 59.2 | 13 | 189 | 14 | 13.50 | 1 | ||
| 1969 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 78 | 20* | 11.14 | 2 | 25.1 | 5 | 66 | 8 | 8.25 | |||
| 1970 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 139 | 42* | 13.90 | 6 | 123.2 | 27 | 334 | 23 | 14.52 | 2 | ||
| 1971 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 112 | 38 | 9.33 | 9 | 72 | 9 | 274 | 11 | 24.90 | |||
| 1972 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 123 | 23 | 7.23 | 5 | 39.5 | 9 | 136 | 8 | 17.00 | |||
| 1973 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 75 | 21 | 9.37 | 2 | 49 | 5 | 238 | 6 | 39.66 | |||
| 1974 | 13 | 8 | 97 | 33 | 12.12 | 2 | 66.3 | 15 | 202 | 13 | 15.53 | ||||
| 1975 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 3.66 | 1 | 85 | 22 | 305 | 10 | 30.50 | |||
| 1976 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 8.75 | 3 | 63 | 12 | 210 | 5 | 42.00 | |||
| 1977 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 4.83 | 5 | 72.4 | 17 | 204 | 15 | 13.60 | 1 | ||
| 1978 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 6.80 | 5 | 95 | 22 | 281 | 12 | 23.41 | |||
| 1979 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 17* | 2 | 59.1 | 10 | 243 | 9 | 27.00 | ||||
| 1980 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2* | 2 | 71.3 | 9 | 232 | 16 | 14.50 | 1 | |||
| 1981 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5* | 2.50 | 42.5 | 3 | 180 | 8 | 22.50 | ||||
| 1982 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5* | 1 | 44 | 4 | 178 | 7 | 25.43 | ||||
| 1983 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4* | 3 | 44 | 12 | 143 | 6 | 23.83 | ||||
| 1984 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 17* | 5 | 97 | 24 | 237 | 11 | 21.54 | ||||
| 1985 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 2.66 | 6 | 78 | 9 | 293 | 9 | 32.55 | |||
| 1986 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15* | 19.2 | 1 | 94 | 4 | 23.50 | |||||
| 1987 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 157 | 10 | 15.70 | |||||
| 1988 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 6* | 2 | 22 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 34.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 534 | 386 | 117 | 1905 | 42* | 7.08 | 146 | 1948.1 | 347 | 6729 | 370 | 18.19 | 11 | 1 |
FIVE WICKET ANALYSES
| 7 | – | 17 | V | Dulwich Parkside | 25/07/1970 | ||
| 7 | – | 30 | V | Moss Bros | 23/06/1968 | ||
| 7 | – | 42 | V | Lamorbey | 08/07/1956 | ||
| 6 | – | 19 | V | Greenwich Police | 02/05/1970 | ||
| 6 | – | 23 | V | A.S.E. (Gillingham) | 06/05/1956 | ||
| 6 | – | 26 | V | Racial Brotherhood | 24/05/1959 | ||
| 5 | – | 23 | V | B.I.C.C. | 19/06/1977 | ||
| 5 | – | 24 | V | Recorders | 08/09/1957 | ||
| 5 | – | 27 | V | Private Banks | 31/08/1963 | ||
| 5 | – | 31 | V | Bromley NALGO | 10/08/1980 | ||
| 5 | – | 40 | V | Northmet | 08/06/1958 |
STANDS OVER FIFTY
5 81 J. Duffell 70* & L. Johnson 38 Old Colfeians 12-Sep-1971
1 72 G. Stevens 48 & L. Johnson 33 Coney Hall 8-Sep-1974
6 67* S. Chisnell 52* & L. Johnson 42* Dulwich Parkside 25-Jul-1970
5 63 P. Cocklin 52* & L. Johnson 18 Cassington 17 –Jul-1960
3 62 L. Johnson 12 & A. Coupland 53 Peek Frean 31-Jul-1965
7 62 K. Angelo 28 & L. Johnson 39 Leybourne 7-Jun-1970
7 59 K. Finch 71 & L. Johnson 12 Christchurch Inst 4-Aug-1984
10 51* K. Laroche 122* & L. Johnson 17* Old Wilsonsonians 23-Jun-1979
3 51 L. Johnson 41 & R. Stevens 18 Catford Postal 3-Jul-1960
10 41 R. Rolfe 44 & L. Johnson 0* Nil-Des 2-Jun-1952