Vic Jackson

Vic Jackson

Jackson (right) and Jack Chegwyn in 1944
Personal information
Full name	Victor Edward Jackson
Born	25 October 1916 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 January 1965 (aged 48) near Manildra, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936/37–1940/41	New South Wales
1938–1956	Leicestershire
debut	30 October 1936 New South Wales v Queensland
Last	10 September 1958 Commonwealth XI v England XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 354 Runs scored 15,698 Batting average 28.43 100s/50s 21/73 Top score 170 Balls bowled 64,389 Wickets 965 Bowling average 24.74 5 wickets in innings 43 10 wickets in match 7 Best bowling 8/43 Catches/stumpings 254/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 July 2024

Victor Edward Jackson (25 October 1916 – 30 January 1965) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for New South Wales and Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

From Australia to Cahn's XI

Jackson made his first-class debut during the 1936–37 Sheffield Shield season with New South Wales. He was brought over to Britain by Sir Julien Cahn who raised a powerful private side based at his home at Stanford Hall. Along with Jack Walsh, Jackson played non-championship matches with Leicestershire against the Australian side. He played against Oxford University the following year. He played frequently for Cahn's XI in non-first-class matches but played against Glamorgan and on tour against New Zealand (1938–39) in first-class matches. He returned to Australian to appear in eight matches during the 1940–41 season, including one in the DG Bradman's XI v VY Richardson's XI testimonial game.

County cricket

After World War II, Jackson returned to England make his Championship debut in 1946 County season. He took 88 wickets at 21.90 and passed 1000 runs.

Jackson was prominent all-rounder, bowling off-breaks at a brisk pace with a rather low arm that meant that he sometimes bowled a slow looping delivery. He played with Leicestershire until 1956, scoring 14,379 runs and taking 930 wickets. His career-best figures of 8 for 43 were taken against Glamorgan in his final season. With the bat he scored 21 hundreds, scoring 170 against Northamptonshire in 1948 as his best. He passed a thousand runs eleven times and took 112 wickets in 1955 to complete the double. He took over ninety wickets on three occasions.

League cricket

Jackson played as the professional for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire League in 1957 and 1958, also making two final first-class appearances in the Torquay Festival. In the last, he captained a Commonwealth XI against an England XI.

Death

Jackson was killed in a traffic accident near a level crossing in New South Wales in 1965, aged 48.

References

Sources

• Wisden 1939, 1940 and 1966
• A History of Leicestershire Cricket Vol 1 and 2 EE Snow (1949 and 1978)
• The Cricketer 1955, 1957

External links

• Media related to Vic Jackson at Wikimedia Commons
• Vic Jackson at ESPNcricinfo