Full name John Alexander Graham Name John Graham 2000–2005 Northumberland | Bowling style Right-arm medium Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player | |
Born 4 March 1978 (age 46) ( 1978-03-04 ) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England | ||
John Alexander Graham (born 4 March 1978) is an English cricketer. Graham is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.
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Graham started his cricket career playing Second XI cricket for Durham, which he did between 1996 and 2000. While doing so, he appeared for England Under-19s against Pakistan Under-19s during England's 1996 tour there. He played 2 Youth Test matches without success, and one Youth One Day International, in which he scored a fifty. He later made his debut for Northumberland against Bedfordshire in the 2000 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 2000 to 2005, making 20 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 16 MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances. He made his List A debut against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was played in 2001. He made 3 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Middlesex in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 78 runs at an average of 19.50, with a high score of 55. This score came against Staffordshire in 2001.
Personal life
John Graham's day job is a geography teacher at Seaton Burn College (yes, that school where actor turned television fisherman, Robson Green attended). He currently resides in the rural-urban fringe town of Seaton Delaval, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his wife and their three children. He is known for his witty jokes and dry humour. As well as teaching geography, he has been known to teach maths due to his large intellectual mathematical mind and also has an impressive knack for knowing the origins of many popular phrases.
Joke Types
John is widely known for his witty, quick off the mark and dry humour. Listed below are the varieties of jokes he uses: