{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Use British English|date=August 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = John Michael Josephs | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|1|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hendon, Middlesex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|12|25|1924|1|16|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/community/announcements/in-memoriam/john-michael-josephs-obituary-1-4638666 |title=John Michael Josephs : Obituary – In Memoriam |work=Harborough Mail|date=2013-01-03 |accessdate=2013-01-18}}</ref> | heightft = 5 | heightinch = 11 | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = | family = | club1 = Leicestershire | year1 = 1946–1953 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 166 | bat avg1 = 9.66 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 25* | deliveries1 = 144 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 86.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/21 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 26 February | year = 2012 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15743.html Cricinfo }}
'''John Michael Josephs''' (16 January 1924 – 25 December 2012) was an English cricketer. Josephs was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Hendon, Middlesex, and was educated at Clifton College.<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p501: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948</ref>
Josephs made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Oxford University in 1946. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 1953 County Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30677/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Josephs|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 February 2012}}</ref> In his nine first-class appearances, Josephs scored 116 runs at an average of 9.66, with a high score of 25 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30677/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Josephs|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 February 2012}}</ref> With the ball, he took just a single wicket at an overall cost of 86 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30677/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by John Josephs|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=26 February 2012}}</ref> Josephs died peacefully at home on Christmas Day 2012.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130119024847/http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/lc/News/2012 John Josephs] at Leicestershire County Cricket Club *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15743.html John Josephs] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30677/30677.html John Josephs] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Josephs, John}} Category:1924 births Category:People from Hendon Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet Category:People educated at Clifton College Category:English cricketers Category:Leicestershire cricketers Category:2012 deaths Category:20th-century English sportsmen