Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young

John Young (cricketer, born 1863)

Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1876, was named John YoungJohn William Young was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1894....

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John Henry Young (2 July 1876 — 2 August 1913) was an English

England

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

 between 1899 and 1901.

Young was born in Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne, Derbyshire

Melbourne is a Georgian market town in South Derbyshire, England. It is about 8 miles south of Derby and 2 miles from the River Trent. In 1837 a then tiny settlement in Australia was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister, and thus indirectly takes...

, the son of Mark Young, a joiner, and his wife Emily. Young made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1899 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1899

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1899 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-eight years. It was their fifth season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.-1899 season:Derbyshire played...

 in June against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 when he made a duck

Duck (cricket)

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 in both innings and took no wickets in a short spell of bowling. He played three matches in the season and made his top-score of 42 not out against Worcestershire

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

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 in his final match that year.

Young played more regularly throughout the 1900 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1900

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1900 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-nine years. It was their sixth season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish thirteenth in the Championship table.-1900 season:Derbyshire played...

, and matched his previous season's high against Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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. He also gained his best bowling figures of 5 for 65 against London County, and took 4 wickets against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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. In the 1901 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.-1901 season:Derbyshire CCC...

 he played more matches than in any other season, but his batting and bowling performances failed to match previous seasons.

Young was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 28 first-class wickets at an average of 35.57 and with a best performance of 5 for 65. He was a right-handed batsman and played 48 innings in 28 first class matches with an average of 9.71 and a top score of 42 not out.

Young died at Melbourne at the age of 37. He was related to James Horsley

James Horsley

James Horsley was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1913 and for Derbyshire from 1914 to 1925...

who also played for Derbyshire.