John Stanley Heath was an English cricket

Cricket

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er who played first class cricket for Europeans

Europeans cricket team

The Europeans cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament. The team was founded by members of the European community in Bombay who played cricket at the Bombay Gymkhana....

 in India in 1918/19 and for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 in 1924 and 1925.

Heath was born at Swadlincote

Swadlincote

Swadlincote is a town and unparished area in South Derbyshire, about southeast of Burton-upon-Trent and about south of Derby. It is the main town of South Derbyshire and the seat of South Derbyshire District Council....

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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. He played minor counties cricket for Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Cricket Club

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 from 1911 to 1914. He made his first class debut in 1918 playing for Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular

Bombay Quadrangular

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 tournament in India when he achieved his best bowling performance of 5 for 33 against Hindus

Hindus cricket team

The Hindus cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament. The team was founded by members of the Hindu community in Bombay....

 and also 5 for 40 against Parsees

Parsees cricket team

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. In 1920 he was back with Staffordshire, for whom he played until he joined Derbyshire in 1924. He also played two games for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI in 1921. He made his Derbyshire debut in the 1924 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1924

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  in July against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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, and played three more matches for the club that season when he achieved 5 for 54 against Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

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. He played one match for Derbyshire in the 1925 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1925

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1925 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for fifty four years. It was their twenty seventh season in the County Championship and they won five matches to finish fourteenth in the County Championship.-1925 season:Guy Jackson was...

  and then resumed his games for Staffordshire until 1935.

Heath was a right-hand batsman and played nineteen innings in eleven first class matches with an average of 12,58 and a top score of 34. He was a leg-break bowler and took thirty first class wickets with an average of 27.73 and a best performance of 5 for 33.

Heath died at Trentham

Trentham

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, Staffordshire, at the age of 81. His brother Frederick Heath

Frederick Heath (cricketer)

Frederick Rhead Heath was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1924 and 1925....

also played for Derbyshire.