John Boorman (1754 – 1 August 1807)[1] was an English cricketer whose known career spanned 26 seasons from 1768 to 1793.
[2] In Scores & Biographies, Arthur Haygarth recorded that he found a reference to Boorman in an account of a single wicket match in 1772 which called him James, but Haygarth was convinced that the correct name was John, although CricketArchive and CricInfo both prefer to use James.
[2] Boorman is believed to have been a left-handed batsman; as a fielder, he was generally deployed at point.
[1][3] Boorman is first recorded in May 1768 playing in a five-a-side single wicket match at the Artillery Ground.
[7] A few weeks later, Boorman made his first known appearance in an eleven-aside match when he played for Mann's Bourne team against Henry Rowett's Caterham side on Westerham Common.