| John Dunn | |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1862 |
| Birth Place: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Death Place: | Pescadores, Formosa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Surrey |
| Year1: | 1881 |
| Club2: | MCC |
| Year2: | 1882 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 95 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.63 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 38 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Date: | 14 October |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29170/29170.html CricketArchive |
John Dunn (8 June 1862 – 10 October 1892) was an English first-class cricketer who played with Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1] He also played cricket for Hong Kong later in his career.
Dunn was educated at Harrow School and played his cricket as an amateur. A right-handed batsman, he made four first-class appearances for Surrey in 1881 and two for the MCC the following year.[2] Although he was used as a specialist batsman he struggled in his matches, except for an innings of 38 not out which he made when playing with Surrey against Kent at Mote Park.[3] His only other first-class match was for the Gentlemen of England, whom he represented against I Zingari in 1889.[4]
After serving as a cadet at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Dunn joined the Liverpool Regiment in 1882 and was promoted to the rank of captain seven years later.[5] In 1889 he was posted to Hong Kong with the Army Service Corps and began playing cricket for the UK territory.[6]
He represented the Hong Kong cricket team in Interport matches, during 1891 and 1892. In a match against Shanghai which Hong Kong hosted, Dunn scored 107 to help his team win by an innings and 123 runs.[7] Later that year in October, Hong Kong played an away match against Shanghai and travelled home on the SS Bokhara, which sank in a typhoon off the coast of Formosa. Dunn was killed along with ten of his teammates.