Alec Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1944
Place of Birth: Loughborough, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Alec Johnson
- Anthony Alexander 'Alec' Johnson (born 30 March 1944) is a former English cricketer.
- Johnson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Johnson made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Surrey in the 1963 County Championship.
- He made 25 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1966 County Championship.
- An infrequent player for Nottinghamshire, he took 49 wickets at an average of 32.28, with best figures of 4/13.
- With the bat, he scored 273 runs at a batting average of 8.80, with a high score of 45.
- His List A debut came against Wiltshire in the 1965 Gillette Cup, with Johnson making 2 further appearances in that format for Nottinghamshire, against Somerset in the 2nd round of the same competition and Worcestershire in the 1966 Gillette Cup.
- In these 3 matches, he took 9 wickets at an average of 12.33, with best figures of 4/37.
- He left Nottinghamshire at the end of the 1967 season. He later joined Northumberland, who he made his debut for in the 1970 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland.
- He also played his first List A match for the county against Lincolnshire in the 1971 Gillette Cup.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland until 1971.
- In 1973 he played for Durham, making 2 Minor Counties Championship appearances, as well as making a single List A appearance against Essex in the Gillette Cup, a match in which he was dismissed for a single run by Robin Hobbs, while with the ball he bowled 9 wicket-less overs.
- He rejoined Northumberland in 1974, with Johnson playing Minor counties cricket for the county until 1977, having made a total of 52 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
- In his second spell with the county, he also made 2 further List A appearances, both coming in the 1977 Gillette Cup against Bedfordshire and Somerset.
- In his 3 List A appearances for Northumberland, he took 3 wickets at an average of 20.25, with best figures of 2/35.
- During his second spell with Northumberland, he made his final first-class appearance representing the Minor Counties against the touring Pakistanis at Northumberland's home ground, Osborne Avenue.
- In this match, he was dismissed for 4 runs by Asif Masood in the Minor Counties first-innings, while in their second he was dismissed by Wasim Raja for 12 runs.
- With the ball in hand, he conceded 98 runs in the Pakistanis first-innings from 27 overs, but did not take a wicket.
- In their second-innings he again failed to take a wicket, this time conceding 37 runs from 8 overs.
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