Kenneth Jackson (sportsman)

Kenneth Leslie Tattersall Jackson (17 November 1913 – 21 March 1982) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and rugby union international.

Jackson was born at Shanghai in November 1913. He was educated in England at Rugby School,[1] before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1934–35, making nine appearances.[3] Jackson scored 181 runs in his nine matches, at an average of 12.92, with a high score of 33.[4] With his right-arm fast-medium bowling, he took 29 wickets at a bowling average of 30.13.[5] He took one five wicket haul, with best figures of 5 for 66 against Worcestershire.[6] A keen rugby union player, Jackson also represented Scotland while a student, playing as a fly half in four Test matches in the 1933 and 1934 Home Nations Championship's.[7]

After graduating from Oxford, Jackson became a schoolmaster at Wellington College, Berkshire. He served in the Second World War with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, being conscripted in October 1940,[8] with promotion to the war substantive rank of lieutenant coming in January 1941.[9] Following the war, he gained the war substantive rank of captain,[10] before relinquishing his commission in December 1946.[11] While teaching at Wellington College, Jackson also played minor counties cricket for Berkshire, making two appearances either side of the Second World War.[12] He died at Hinton St George in March 1982.