Jack Jacobs (cricketer)

Jack Jacobs

Personal information
Born	(1909-04-16)16 April 1909 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	15 June 2003(2003-06-15) (aged 94) Southport, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1927/28–1937/38	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 12 Runs scored 464 Batting average 23.20 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 69 Catches/stumpings 5/1
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2020

Jack Jacobs (16 April 1909 – 15 June 2003) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1927 and 1938.[1]

Jacobs attended Christchurch Boys' High School.[2] He was a batsman who occasionally kept wicket. His highest first-class scores were 61 (Canterbury's top score) and 69 in his first match in December 1927, when Canterbury beat Otago by four wickets.[3] He played senior cricket in Christchurch until the early 1950s, and was a member of the Canterbury Cricket Association's management committee in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]

Jacobs served in Greece and Crete with the New Zealand Army in World War II. He was captured by the Germans and spent several years as a prisoner of war.[4] After the war ended in Europe he toured England with the New Zealand Services team from May to September 1945, playing in the team's only first-class match.[5]

References

1. "Jack Jacobs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
2. "32 Years of Cricket". Press: 4. 20 March 1954.
3. "Canterbury v Otago 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
4. "Jack Jacobs". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
5. "H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI v New Zealand Services 1945". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

External links

• Jack Jacobs at ESPNcricinfo