John Lillywhite (10 November 1826 – 27 October 1874) was an English cricketer and umpire during the game's roundarm era.

[1] Lillywhite was an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm roundarm, both slow and fast.

[2] In 1862, during an All-England Eleven v. Surrey match at The Oval, Lillywhite no-balled Edgar Willsher six times in succession for what he deemed to be illegal "high" deliveries.

Willsher and the majority of his All-England teammates protested and abandoned the match, and Lillywhite was replaced the following day.

The incident provoked much discussion and resulted in the laws of cricket being change to allow overarm bowling from the beginning of the 1864 season.