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Tyrell Fabian Johnson (10 January 1917 – 5 April 1985) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in one Test match in 1939.

Tall and thin, Johnson was a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He played for Trinidad in three consecutive finals of the Inter-Colonial Tournament in the late 1930s. He was picked for the 1939 West Indies cricket tour to England after taking six wickets for 41 runs in a trial match in February 1939 and leading the West Indian first-class bowling figures for season with 22 wickets at an average of 9.59.

In England in 1939, Johnson took a wicket with his first ball of the tour at Worcester, but was picked for only eight other first-class matches. That included, however, the third Test of the three-match series at The Oval, where he repeated his instant success by taking the wicket of Walter Keeton with his first delivery. He took two further wickets in the match (Len Hutton and Norman Oldfield), but managed only 16 on the tour as a whole, at an average of 32 runs per wicket.

This single Test match was Johnson's last first-class cricket appearance. He worked in Trinidad as a customs officer.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Tyrell Johnson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
2. ^ Cozier, Tony (June 1985). "Obituaries". The Cricketer: 34.
3. "First-class Bowling in West Indies for 1938/39". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
4. "England vs West Indies, 3rd Test at London, Aug 19 1939". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
5. "First-Class Bowling for West Indians". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
6. "Curse of the first ball". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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