John Timms

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.

John Timms

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 472 Runs scored 20,509 Batting average 25.07 100s/50s 31/103 Top score 213 Balls bowled 12,597 Wickets 149 Bowling average 44.46 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/18 Catches/stumpings 153/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 April 2023

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.^[1] That year he also made his highest score for Northamptonshire, 213 against Worcestershire at Stourbridge.^[2]