John Vidler, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Vidler
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1890
Date of Death: 15-Oct-1967
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About John Vidler
- John Lionel Symonds Vidler (30 March 1890 – 15 October 1967) was an English cricketer and prison governor. Vidler was born in Rye, Sussex, and educated at Repton School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he won a blue for cricket and a half-blue for golf.
- He also played cricket for Sussex.
- He appeared in 29 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right arm medium pace.
- He scored 682 runs with a highest score of 55 and took 81 wickets with a best performance of seven for 23.After working as a tea planter in Ceylon and as a leather maker in Bermondsey, Vider joined the Prison Service.
- He was governor of Portland Prison 1936–44 and of Maidstone Prison 1944–55.
- He was appointed OBE in the 1956 New Year Honours.
- He died at Rye.
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