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((Short description|English cricketer and British Army officer (1884–1952)))
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|                name = Alexander Johnston
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|             country = England
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|          birth_date = ((birth date|df=y|1884|1|26))
|         birth_place = [[Derby]], [[Derbyshire]], England
|          death_date = ((death date and age|df=y|1952|12|27|1884|1|26))
|         death_place = [[Knaphill]], [[Surrey]], England
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|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = [[Leg break]]
|                role = 
|              family = [[Duncan Johnston]] (father)
|               club2 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
|               year2 = 1911–1920
|               club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
|               year1 = 1902–1919
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|             column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
|            matches1 = 116
|               runs1 = 5,966
|            bat avg1 = 30.91
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|            wickets1 = 18
|           bowl avg1 = 44.72
|            fivefor1 = 0
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|       best bowling1 = 4/21
|  catches/stumpings1 = 58/1
|                date = 15 February
|                year = 2010
|              source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15523.html Cricinfo
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[[Brigadier General#United Kingdom|Brigadier General]] '''Alexander Colin Johnston''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Medal bar|& Bar]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (26 January 1884 – 27 December 1952) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer. Johnston was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who was a [[leg break]] bowler. Johnston also occasionally played as a [[wicketkeeper]].

==Early life==
Born in [[Derby]], Johnston was educated at [[Winchester College]], where he represented the college cricket team. From there Johnston went to [[Sandhurst Military Academy|Sandhurst]] and he also spent a year as a cowboy in [[Colorado]] and [[New Mexico]] before being commissioned into the [[Worcestershire Regiment]] on 4 November 1903.

==First-class cricket career==
Johnston made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in the 1902 [[County Championship]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. Johnston played 107 matches for Hampshire before the [[First World War]], with Johnston's most successful seasons with the bat coming in 1910 when he scored 1,158 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 36.18, with seven half centuries and a single century score of 130; and in 1,044 runs at an average of 54.94 and a career high score of 175 against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]. In addition to representing Hampshire before the war, Johnston also played for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in two pre-war first-class matches against [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] and [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]], both matches coming in 1911. Also in 1911, Johnston played a single match for the Gentlemen in the 1911 [[Gentlemen v Players]] fixture, representing them once more in the 1912 fixture. In the 1914 season, which was cut short by the [[First World War]], Johnston played a single match for the [[British Army cricket team|Army]] against the [[Royal Navy cricket team|Royal Navy]]. Johnston's final first-class match for Hampshire before the war came against Surrey at [[United Services Recreation Ground|Portsmouth]].

==First World War service==
Johnston fought in the First World War, serving on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] with the original [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|Expeditionary Force]], being wounded four times and rising to the rank of [[Brigadier General#United Kingdom|brigadier general]]. Initially Johnston served as signals officer for 7th Infantry Brigade. He went on to serve in that capacity with 3rd Division before becoming, in turn, [[brigade major]], commanding officer 10th Battalion [[Cheshire Regiment]] and finally officer commanding 126 Infantry Brigade. Johnston took part in the engagements at [[Battle of Mons|Mons]], [[Battle of Le Cateau|Le Cateau]] and the subsequent retreat and advance to the [[Aisne]]. In 1916 whilst commanding the 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment he was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) for his actions at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. A year later in 1917 he was awarded a [[Medal bar|bar]] to his DSO for his actions at [[Battle of Passchendaele|Ypres]]. During the course of the war he was [[mentioned in despatches]] no fewer than five times; and in 1916 he was awarded the French [[Croix de Guerre]]. Johnston wrote a diary chronicling his activities in the war.<ref>((cite book|last1=Astill|first1=Edwin|title=The Great War Diaries of Brigadier Alexander Johnston : 1914–1917|year=2007|publisher=Pen and Sword Books|isbn=9781844155811))</ref>

==Post-First World War activities==
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Johnston returned from the First World War with a permanent limp, though he continued his activities as a soldier and sportsman. In 1919 Johnston played his final match for Hampshire against [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]]. In his first-class career for Hampshire, Johnston scored 5,442 runs at an average of 30.74, with 27 half centuries, 10 centuries and a high score of 175. Johnston was also a part-time leg break bowler, taking 18 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 44.72, with best figures of 4/21. In the field Johnston took 57 [[catch (cricket)|catches]] and made a single [[stumping]]. 

In 1920, Johnston played his second and final first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Army and the same season he played his final first-class match for the [[Gentlemen of England]] against the [[Combined Services cricket team|Combined Services]]. In his combined first-class career Johnston played 116 matches, scoring 5,966 runs at an average of 30.91, with 31 half centuries, 10 centuries and a high score of 175. 

All of Johnston's first-class wickets came while he was playing for Hampshire. Johnston continued to play cricket, although in a non-first-class capacity, playing the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]] on tours to that country with the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]] and the Marylebone Cricket Club. In 1929/30, Johnston toured [[Egypt]] with HM Martineau's XI, where he played matches against the [[Egypt national cricket team]]. 

His playing career came to an end with the Free Foresters tour of the Netherlands in 1933. As well as playing cricket, Johnston played for the [[Army Football Association|Army]] at [[association football|football]] and [[field hockey|hockey]] and played [[polo]] for Western Nigeria.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228425.html Obituary], cricinfo.com. Accessed 25 January 2023.</ref> 

==Death==
Johnston died at [[Knaphill]], [[Surrey]] on 27 December 1952.((cn|date=January 2023))

==Family==
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Johnston's father, Sir [[Duncan Johnston]], was born at [[Edinburgh]] in 1847, was a [[Royal Engineers]] officer who became Director General of the [[Ordnance Survey]]. He also played first-class cricket for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] during the 1882 season.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15523.html Alexander Johnston] at [[Cricinfo]]

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