John Simpson (cricketer)

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John Andrew Simpson (born 13 July 1988 in Bury) is a cricketer who played for England in the 2006 U-19's World Cup in Sri Lanka.

Simpson is a wicket-keeper and left handed batsman who won the Denis Compton Award in 2004. He represented England U19's on tour to India in 2004/05 aged 16 and again in 2005/06 on a tour to Bangladesh. For the 2007 season he joined Lancashire on a scholarship, he played second XI cricket for Lancashire, Durham and Nottinghamshire during the campaign.