John Martin

John Newton Martin (3 July 1867 – 31 August 1942) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of W. L. Martin, he was born in July 1867 at St Austell, Cornwall. Martin had played second-class county cricket for teams representative of Devon since 1888. In 1891, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Somerset at Taunton. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the MCC first innings by Ted Tyler, while following-on in their second innings, he remained unbeaten on 29. Ten years later, he captained Devon County Cricket Club in their inaugural Minor Counties Championship match against Glamorgan; in doing so, he became Devon's first captain in minor counties cricket. He played minor counties cricket for Devon until 1903, making twelve appearances.

Martin's profession was recorded as being a surgeon. He was made a temporary captain in May 1916. having relinquished his commission in November 1918, at which point he retained the rank of captain. Martin died in Torquay, Devon on 31 August 1942.