Jack Dyson

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Jack Dyson England (ENG)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Right-arm offbreak
	First-class	List A
Matches	150	2
Runs scored	4433	66
Batting average	21.41	66.00
100s/50s	1/23	0/1
Top score	118*	60*
Balls bowled	11288	79
Wickets	161	5
Bowling average	27.62	9.40
5 wickets in innings	8	1
10 wickets in match	1	N/A
Best bowling	7-83	5-47
Catches/stumpings	55/0	0/0
Debut: [[]], 1954 Last appearance: [[]], 1964 Source: Cricket Archive

Jack Dyson (July 8, 1934 - November 22, 2000) was both an English first class cricketer and a professional footballer.

He started his sporting career as a footballer and spent four seasons with Manchester City during which time he played 62 matches and kicked 26 goals. One of those goals came in their 1956 FA Cup Final victory over Birmingham.

After leaving football he concentrated on his cricketing career, which had already began while he was with Manchester City. A right handed batsman and handy offspinner, he made his first class debut in 1954, playing with Lancashire. He earned his Lancashire Cap two years later, the same year that he had won his FA Cup winner's medal. He scored what would be his only first class hundred, 118 not out against Scotland and played in an unusual victory over Leicestershire as it was achieved without losing a wicket.

Dyson was a controversial figure throughout his career, he was a free spirit and it ended up costing him his job at Lancashire. In 1960 the Lancashire committee charged him with "a serious breach of discipline and an act of insubordination and insolence to the captain".

For the next three years Dyson played with Staffordshire and in league cricket. In September 1963 the Lancashire committee was overthrown and Dyson returned to the county for two more seasons.