John Neal Cricketer
John Howard Neal (born 18 October 1926) is a former English cricketer. Neal was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Ditchling, Sussex. Neal made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1951. In Sussex's first-innings, he scored 5 runs before being dismissed by Malcolm Hilton. In their second-innings, he was dismissed for 23 runs by Alan Wharton. This was his only major appearance for Sussex. John Howard Neal died in hospital after a short illness on 18 April 2012 aged 85yrs. This has been posted by his neice who is his next-of-kin