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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| international =
| fullname = John Villiers Young
| nickname =
| birth_date = 16 August 1884
| birth_place = [[Dharwad|Dharwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|9|8|1884|8|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Eastbourne]], [[Sussex]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family = [[Dick Young (cricketer)|Dick Young]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year1 = 1908
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 105
| bat avg1 = 21.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 84
| deliveries1 = 30
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 11 December
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23567.html Cricinfo
}}

'''John Villiers Young''' (16 August 1884 — 8 September 1960) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er.

Young was born in [[British India]] at [[Dharwad|Dharwar]] in August 1884. He was educated in England at [[Eastbourne College]], where he played as an [[all-rounder]] for the college cricket team from 1901 to 1904, captaining the team in his final two years.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite book|title=Wisden Anthology 1940–1963|first=Benny|last=Green|publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London|page=986|year=1970|language=English}}</ref> From Eastbourne he went up to the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1906, where he spent a year before transferring to the [[University of Oxford]], where he attended [[St John's College, Oxford]]; he had the distinction of appearing in freshman matches for both Cambridge and Oxford, but never appeared for either teams senior sides.<ref name="OBIT"/> Young appeared in three [[first-class cricket]] matches for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] in the [[1908 County Championship]], making appearances against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]], [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], and [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2011-12-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 105 runs in his three matches at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 21.00, with a highest score of 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34156/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Young|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2011-12-11|url-access=subscription}}</ref> After graduating from Oxford, Young entered into the [[Indian Forest Service|Imperial Forestry Service]] in December 1909.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Commonwealth_Forestry_Review/d_IsAQAAMAAJ|title=The Commonwealth Forestry Review|publisher=Commonwealth Forestry Association|page=3|year=1961|volume=40|language=English}}</ref> He served in the [[First World War]] from May to August 1918 in the [[British Indian Army]] Reserve of Officers as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31032|date=26 November 1918|page=13931}}</ref> He resumed his service in the Imperial Forestry Service after the war, retiring in February 1925.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_India_Office_and_Burma_Office_List/zVkKAAAAIAAJ|title=The India Office and Burma Office List|publisher=Harrison and Sons, Limited|page=876|year=1928|language=English}}</ref> He later served as a councillor on [[Eastbourne Borough Council|Eastbourne Town Council]] for Hampden Park Ward from 1938.<ref>A New Councillor Mr J. V. Young Returned Unopposed For Hampden Park. ''Eastbourne Chronicle''. 27 August 1938. p. 13</ref> He died in hospital at [[Eastbourne]] in September 1960. His brother was [[Dick Young (cricketer)|Dick Young]], who played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]].<ref name="OBIT"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:People educated at Eastbourne College]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge]]
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[[Category:Imperial Forestry Service officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Councillors in East Sussex]]
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