Autographs of John Warr
John James Warr (16 July 1927 – 9 May 2016) was an English cricketer. A successful county player for Middlesex County Cricket Club, he took part in two Test matches for England. Warr was known for his sense of humour and made many humorous after-dinner speeches.
Warr played for Middlesex as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, in 260 first-class matches between 1949 and 1960. He took 703 wickets for the county at an average of 20.75, with personal best figures of 9 for 65 against Kent in August 1956. Playing for both Middlesex and the University of Cambridge, he took 87 wickets in the 1950 season which ranked him 32nd on the list of wicket-takers in the first-class season.
While still studying at Cambridge, Warr was selected for the 1950–51 tour of Australia. He played in two of the five Test matches, with the worst debut bowling performance in Test cricket, taking no wickets but conceding 142 runs, a record which stood until 2009 when Australian Bryce McGain went wicketless while conceding 149 runs against South Africa. He went on to take just one wicket, that of Australia's number seven, Ian Johnson, caught behind. In those two matches, he conceded 281 runs, the worst bowling figures of any Test cricketer in history until the record was surpassed in 1985 by Sri Lanka's Roger Wijesuriya. As of 2016 his bowling average remains the worst of any retired England Test player; only Ravi Bopara has a worse average. According to the 1952 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Warr "tried hard and cheerfully, but he could not be regarded as Test class."
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Traded items with a signature of John Warr
The most expensive item with a signature of John Warr (1950's JOHN WARR (Middlesex & England), b/w postcard, ORIGINALLY SIGNED!) was sold in March 2015 for £19.00 while the cheapest item (John Warr - England - Excellent Signed Picture) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2025. The month with the most items sold (2) was July 2020 with an average selling price of £2.49 for an autographed item of John Warr. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2015 with £19.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2018. In average, an autographed item from John Warr is worth £3.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Warr were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1927-2016 JOHN WARR (Miidlesex & England), postcard ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £1.99 |  |
| John WARR (1927-2016), Middlesex and ENGLAND signed white postcard | £3.99 | |
| John WARR (1927-2016), Middlesex and ENGLAND signed white postcard | £3.99 | |
| John Warr (England Cricket International) Card signed | £1.99 | |
 | John Warr - England - Excellent Signed Picture | £1.20 | |
| John Warr - England - Excellent Signed Picture | £0.99 | |
| John Warr - England / Middlesex Test Player - hand-signed 6x4 photo | £3.99 | |
| John Warr - England test player - signed photo | £3.99 | |
| JOHN WARR ENGLAND TEST CRICKETER 1951 MIDDLESEX CCC ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH PIC/CARD | £10.18 | |
| JOHN WARR ENGLAND TEST CRICKETER 1951 MIDDLESEX CCC ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHED CARD | £12.26 | |
 | John Warr Hand Signed Card England Cricket Autograph Memorabilia COA | £6.99 | |
| John Warr Middlesex And England Cricket Signed A4 Photocard | £18.17 | |
| John Warr Middlesex England 1950s signed cutting approx 10x4cm | £0.99 | |
| Signed 1982 Ashes Centenary postcard - John Warr - England | £2.10 | |
| Signed Middlesex 1950s Jack Young Robertson John Warr Alan Moss Titmus England + | £5.50 | |
