Victor Edward Jackson (25 October 1916 – 30 January 1965) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales and Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
 Jackson (right) and Jack Chegwyn in 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Victor Edward Jackson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1916[1] Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 January 1965 (aged 48) near Manildra, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936/37–1940/41 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1956 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| debut | 30 October 1936 New South Wales v Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last | 10 September 1958 Commonwealth XI v England XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From Australia to Cahn's XI
editJackson made his first-class debut during the 1936–37 Sheffield Shield season with New South Wales. He was brought over to Britain by Sir Julien Cahn who raised a powerful private side based at his home at Stanford Hall. Along with Jack Walsh, Jackson played non-championship matches with Leicestershire against the Australian side. He played against Oxford University the following year. He played frequently for Cahn's XI in non-first-class matches but played against Glamorgan and on tour against New Zealand (1938–39) in first-class matches. He returned to Australian to appear in eight matches during the 1940–41 season, including one in the DG Bradman's XI v VY Richardson's XI testimonial game.
County cricket
editAfter World War II, Jackson returned to England make his Championship debut in 1946 County season. He took 88 wickets at 21.90 and passed 1000 runs.
Jackson was prominent all-rounder, bowling off-breaks at a brisk pace with a rather low arm that meant that he sometimes bowled a slow looping delivery.[2] He played with Leicestershire until 1956, scoring 14,379 runs and taking 930 wickets. His career-best figures of 8 for 43 were taken against Glamorgan in his final season. With the bat he scored 21 hundreds, scoring 170 against Northamptonshire in 1948 as his best. He passed a thousand runs eleven times and took 112 wickets in 1955 to complete the double. He took over ninety wickets on three occasions.
League cricket
editJackson played as the professional for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire League in 1957 and 1958, also making two final first-class appearances in the Torquay Festival. In the last, he captained a Commonwealth XI against an England XI.
Death
editJackson was killed in a traffic accident near a level crossing in New South Wales in 1965, aged 48.[3]
References
edit- ^ Vic Jackson. espncricinfo.com
- ^ Cricketer 1952 Trevor Bailey on Leicestershire
- ^ "Death by Misadventure". The Cricket Statistician 2007
Sources
edit- Wisden 1939, 1940 and 1966
- A History of Leicestershire Cricket Vol 1 and 2 EE Snow (1949 and 1978)
- The Cricketer 1955, 1957
External links
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Media related to Vic Jackson at Wikimedia Commons- Vic Jackson at ESPNcricinfo
