George John was a very fast bowler in his prime and could cut the ball into the batsmen.

Against Glamorgan he took 10 for 147 and at Scarborough, with George Francis, reduced a near Test quality HDG Leveson Gower's XI to 19 for 6 as they were chasing 28 to win in the second innings.

[citation needed] The Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James, who often played against him, has left a picture of what John the bowler looked like: He was just the right height, about five foot ten, with a chest, shoulders and legs on him all power and proportion...

He ran about fifteen yards, a quick step or two first, a long loping stride that increased until near the crease he leapt into the air and delivered, his arm high ... Thunderbolts they were.

"[1]In June 1988, John was celebrated on the 30c Trinidad and Tobago stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle.