Jack Jacobs (cricketer)
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| Born | 16 April 1909 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 June 2003 (aged 94) Southport, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927-28 – 1937-38 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
- ^ "Jack Jacobs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b "32 Years of Cricket". Press: 4. 20 March 1954.
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Jack Jacobs". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI v New Zealand Services 1945". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
External links[edit]
- Jack Jacobs at ESPNcricinfo
- Jack Jacobs at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1909 births
- 2003 deaths
- People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School
- New Zealand cricketers
- Canterbury cricketers
- Cricketers from Dunedin
- New Zealand Jews
- New Zealand military personnel of World War II
- New Zealand prisoners of war in World War II
- New Zealand Services cricketers
- 21st-century New Zealand Jews
- 20th-century New Zealand Jews
- Jewish New Zealand sportspeople