John Winnington

John Francis Sartorius Winnington DSO (17 September 1876 – 22 September 1918) was an English first-class cricketer who played in one match for Worcestershire against Oxford University at The University Parks in 1908. He scored 0 and 20 in Worcestershire's crushing 332-run victory. He was born in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Winnington was commissioned into a Militia battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment in 1895. He later transferred to the Regular Army and was promoted Captain in 1901. In the First World War, Winnington was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915. As well as being awarded the DSO, he was mentioned in dispatches four times. He died of wounds near , Ramle, Palestine at the age of 42 while commanding a battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment.^[1]

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• John Winnington at ESPNcricinfo
• Statistical summary from CricketArchive