John Fairless William Nicolson (born 19 July 1899 – 18 December 1935) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1927–28.
[2] But in South Africa, he became a fairly regular player for Natal for five years from 1923 to 1924 as a left-hand opening batsman.
His obituary in The Times stated that he was "skilful and untiring in defence and could hit hard on the leg side".
They included an unbeaten 252 against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in which he shared a first-wicket stand of 424 with Jack Siedle.
He retained his place in the two remaining matches of the series, but was less successful in domestic South African cricket in the following season, and was not picked for the tour of England in 1929.