John Stanning junior

Who was John Stanning junior?

John Stanning was a Kenyan-born English former cricketer who played 16 first-class matches in 1939 and 1946: nine for Worcestershire and seven for Oxford University.

Stanning made his debut for Oxford against the Minor Counties in early June 1939, scoring 39 and 9. In five further matches for the university that season, he usually got a start but could not go on to make any really significant scores, his best game being the Varsity Match against Cambridge when he made 38 in the first innings and 39 not out in the second to help set up a 45-run victory.

His next match, and indeed all the remaining games of his brief first-class career, was for Worcestershire, playing in the County Championship against Somerset. He made only 4 and 0 as Worcestershire suffered two collapses, from 112/2 to 130 all out in the first innings, and from 116/4 to 142 all out in the second, but Howorth's 4-27 off 9.4 eight-ball overs saved the day, and when he bowled Horace Hazell the match finished in a thrilling tie.