Jack Young (cricketer)

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Jack Young England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Tests	First-class
Matches	8	341
Runs scored	28	2485
Batting average	5.59	8.93
100s/50s	-/-	-/1
Top score	10*	62
Balls bowled	2368	78965
Wickets	17	1361
Bowling average	44.52	19.68
5 wickets in innings	-	82
10 wickets in match	-	17
Best bowling	3/65	9/55
Catches/stumpings	5/-	150/-
Test debut: 26 July 1947 Last Test: 25 June 1949 Source: [1]

John Albert "Jack" Young (October 14, 1912 — February 5, 1993) was a cricketer who played for Middlesex and England.

Young was a slow left arm spin bowler who relied on accuracy and a flat delivery rather than flight. He was on the staff at Middlesex for much of the 1930s, but only came to the fore after the Second World War. In 1947, he took more than 150 wickets as Middlesex, led by the sensational batting of Denis Compton, Bill Edrich and Jack Robertson, won the County Championship, and he repeated the feat two years later when the Championship was shared with Yorkshire. He also took more than 150 wickets in 1951 and 1952, so that, when he retired from injury after just three matches in the 1956 season, he had taken more than 1,300 wickets in 10 seasons at an average of less than 20 runs per wicket.

Young played Test cricket for England eight times between 1947 and 1949, but took only 17 wickets in those games. Though his accuracy made him economical, and he bowled 11 consecutive maiden overs against the 1948 Australians at Trent Bridge, he appeared to lack the penetration to trouble the best batsmen. He was also perhaps unlucky in selection policies: in 1948, he played the first, third and fifth Tests and was omitted from the chosen 12 at Headingley, where the pitch for the fourth Test might have suited him.