John O'Brien (Irish cricketer)

For the English cricketer, see John O'Brien (cricketer, born 1961).

John George O'Brien (10 January 1866 – 15 August 1920) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

John O'Brien

Personal information
Full name	John George O'Brien
Born	10 January 1866 Dublin, Ireland
Died	15 August 1920(1920-08-15) (aged 54) Dublin, Ireland
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
Relations	Tim O'Brien (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1910	Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 7 Batting average 3.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 4 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 October 2018

O'Brien was born at Dublin in January 1866, the son of Timothy O'Brien and Mary O'Dwyer.^[1] He was educated at the Catholic Downside School in England.^[2] He served in the British Army with the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, Royal Field Artillery, and the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, reaching the rank of captain.^[1] He made one appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Dublin in 1910 at the age of 43, when he was called up to play as a late replacement for Robert St Leger Fowler.^[2][3] He was dismissed by John Bruce Lockhart for 4 runs in Ireland's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Robert Tait for 3 runs.^[4] His brother, Tim O'Brien, played Test cricket for England.