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John William Cush (1799–1876) was a Scottish aristocrat and sportsman who wrote pamphlets describing the games of cricket and cushball and was influential in the early development of both.

It is known he was born in Fife, Scotland on the 20th of April, 1799, and was married with four children. From 1840 he had a manor at №2, Harson Street (later №18) in Fife's West End.

In 1856 he registered the first printed set of rules for the game of cricket and in 1860 printed a pamphlet called "The Sporte of Battiesticks: a Description of the Ancient Game of Coushballe and Battiesticks" as played competitively at Cush House, Mr. Cush's estate in Ayrshire, Scotland.