John Timms
English cricketer
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| Intro | English cricketer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Athlete Cricketer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 3 November 1906 | |
| Death | 18 March 1980 (aged 73 years) |
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John Edward Timms (3 November 1906 – 18 March 1980) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and a part time right arm medium pace bowler.
Timms made his first-class debut in 1925, aged 18 and scored his maiden century the following season. He passed 1,000 runs in a season on 11 occasions during his career with a best of 1629 runs in 1934 which he made at an average of 34.65. That year he also made his highest score for Northamptonshire, 213 against Worcestershire at Stourbridge.