Jack Jacobs (cricketer)

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]

Jack Jacobs
Personal information
Born(1909-04-16)16 April 1909
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died15 June 2003(2003-06-15) (aged 94)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman, occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1927-28 – 1937-38Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 12
Runs scored 464
Batting average 23.20
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 69
Balls bowled 0
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 5/1
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2020

Jacobs 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.[2]

He served in Greece and Crete with the New Zealand Army in World War Two. He was captured by the Germans and spent several years as a prisoner of war.[3] 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.[4]

References
  1. "Jack Jacobs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. "Canterbury v Otago 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. "Jack Jacobs". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. "H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI v New Zealand Services 1945". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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