excellent all-round cricketer", who batted left-handed, often opening the batting, bowled right-arm medium pace and was an "excellent" and "brilliant" slip fielder. Australian international Keith Miller described how a particular catch taken by Johnstone, then aged 50, in a match at Madras in 1945 was "the best catch that ever dismissed me". As a captain he was described as an "astute leader of men" and as an administrator he was involved in setting up the Board of Control for Cricket in India as well as playing an important role in "cementing European-Indian relations", particularly when the exclusive Madras Cricket Club, which had been largely controlled by Europeans, became the democratic Madras Cricket Association. The cricket pavilion at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium was named after him in 1997. As well as his involvement with cricket, Johnstone was Chairman of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and was involved in organisations such as the Madras Club and the Indian Roads and Transport Development Association. He was appointed a CBE in the 1948 New Year Honours for services to cricket in Madras. Later life Johnstone returned to England in 1948. He was a member of the General Committee at Kent, particularly involved with the development of young players, and was President of the club in 1967, the year the county won the Gillette Cup for the first time. He died at his home at Eastry in Kent in June 1974, aged 78, after watching India play England in a Test match at Lord's. References External links 1895 births 1974 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers Europeans cricketers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Free Foresters cricketers Gentlemen cricketers South Zone cricketers British Army personnel of World War I Highland Light Infantry officers Lancashire Fusiliers officers Military personnel from London