Brian Johnston Brian Johnston Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 – 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until his death in January 1994. Born at the Old Rectory, Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, the youngest of four children (elder siblings were Anne, Michael and Christopher). His paternal grandfather, Reginald Eden Johnston, had been Governor of the Bank of England between 1909 and 1911. The World War II airborne division commander Frederick 'Boy' Browning was his first cousin. On 27 August 1922,
David Heath (cricket administrator) he embarked on a successful business career. He captained Moseley to seven Birmingham League titles and later became President of the League. Further administrative appointments followed, before he succeeded A. C. Smith as Secretary/Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1986. He was forced to retire on health grounds, shortly before his death from kidney failure in 1994, aged 62. David Heath (cricket administrator) David Michael William Heath (Hall Green, Birmingham 14 December 1931 - Solihull 13 June 1994) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket administrator. David Heath was educated at Moseley Grammar School, where he captained the