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 Kay (cricket journalist) John Kay (cricket journalist) John Kay (born 1909 or 1910, died 16 February 1999, aged 89) was a British cricket correspondent for the "Manchester Evening News" from the end of the Second World War to 1975 and for the "Brighton Argus". He toured Australia for the 1950-51 Ashes series for the "Manchester Evening News" and wrote several cricketing books, including "Ashes to Hassett" (1951) and "Cricket in the Leagues" (1970). He played for Middleton in the Central Lancashire League and when Basil d'Oliveira emigrated from South Africa in 1960 because Apartheid banned him from playing first-class cricket he arranged for