Archie Jackson
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 8 | 70 |
| Runs scored | 474 | 4383 |
| Batting average | 47.39 | 45.65 |
| 100s/50s | 1/2 | 11/23 |
| Top score | 164 | 182 |
| Balls bowled | 0 | 86 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average | - | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | - | - |
| Catches/stumpings | 7/0 | 26/0 |
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Test debut: 1 February 1929 |
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Archibald ("Archie") Jackson (September 5, 1909, Scotland - February 16, 1933, Brisbane, Queensland) was an Australian Test cricketer.
Jackson was a near contemporary of Don Bradman, who was born little more than a year earlier in late August 1908. They played together for New South Wales and both made their international debut during the Ashes series of 1928-29.
Jackson made his debut in the fourth Test of that series, played at Adelaide, and Jackson and Bradman shared a long partnership. Jackson went into lunch just short of 100 and, as they returned to the wicket after the interval, the Don told his younger colleague to play carefully for his 100. Jackson answered by cracking the first ball from Larwood to the point boundary. He went on to make 164, his career best, and was the youngest Australian batsman to score a century until Neil Harvey in 1948.
At this time, there was little to choose between these precocious talents. Jackson was sick through most of the summer when the Australians toured England in 1930, but recovered to play in the Fifth Test and share a stand of 243 with Bradman.
Jackson played in only eight Tests, his life cut short at the age of only 23 yrs, 164 days after contracting tuberculosis. After suffering ill-health for some time, he died in hospital on the last day of the 4th Test match at Brisbane in which England regained the Ashes in the Bodyline series. He is the second youngest Test cricketer to die.[2] Among the pallbearers at his funeral were Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield, Vic Richardson and Bradman.
Some commentators compared his potential with his hero, Victor Trumper and even his teammate Bradman.
His uncle, Jimmy Jackson, and cousin, James Jackson Jr., were both professional footballers in England.
[edit] External links
[edit] Further reading
- David Frith (1974), The Archie Jackson Story
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