John Edmund Valentine Isaac (14 February 1880 – 9 May 1915), DSO, was an English first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsmen who played ten matches in South Africa and England between 1906 and 1908.
This match was chiefly notable for Schofield Haigh's feat of taking four wickets in as many balls in the Army's second innings.
Curiously, in Isaac's eight visits to the crease he was four times out bowled to a man who would take six or more wickets in that innings (JJ Kotze 8-57, RO Schwarz 7-25, AEE Vogler 6-34 & 8-24).
He fought in the First Battle of Ypres and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO),[3] the citation for which, appearing in The London Gazette in December 1914, reads as follows: Has shown conspicuous gallantry on all occasions.
[4]Captain Isaac was killed in action,[5] at Fromelles, France at the age of 35 during the northern attack of the Battle of Aubers Ridge on 9 May 1915.