Brian Johnston cricketers requiring financial support and to promote disabled cricket. The trust is now part of the Lord's Taverners. The Johnners Club was also established in his memory at the same time and currently has over 350 members, plus a further 100 regular supporters. The Trust’s income is boosted significantly from the proceeds of the annual Johnners Club Dinner, member subscriptions, and general donations. 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
John Helm (commentator) John Helm (commentator) John Helm (born 8 July 1942 in Baildon, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English sports commentator with over 25 years of network television experience, mainly with ITV. Now he is the voice of international broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup and other events. Helm has also frequently covered other sports - in the main golf, cricket and particularly rugby league both for ITV and other broadcasters. After working his way up through local and national newspapers, where he began his journalistic career in 1959, he broke into broadcasting on BBC Radio Leeds and was chosen from