John Fletcher (Queensland politician)

John William Fletcher was born to Ann Marian Fletcher nee Clarke, an embroiderer who made the velvet bag to hold The Ashes urn, and John Walter Fletcher, a teacher, cricketer, and police magistrate, who is known as the father of football in Australia, as he was instrumental in introducing soccer to the country. Fletcher's older sister was Nora Kathleen Fletcher, a nurse who served in World War I as the principal matron of the British Red Cross for France and Belgium, and another sister Judith Fletcher, was a photographer in Sydney. ==Politics==

Fletcher was the National member for Port Curtis in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1920 to 1923. In 1931, Fletcher was chairman of the Booringa Shire Council. ==Cricketing career==

Fletcher played three games of first-class cricket for Queensland in 1909–1910. He scored 97 runs at an average of 16.16 and did not take any wickets. ==References==