Samuel Jagger

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Samuel Jagger
female =


country = Wales
fullname = Samuel Thornton Jagger
nickname =
living =
dayofbirth = 30
monthofbirth = 6
yearofbirth = 1904
placeofbirth = Llangollen, Denbighshire
countryofbirth = Wales
dayofdeath = 30
monthofdeath = 5
yearofdeath = 1964
placeofdeath = Hove, Sussex
countryofdeath = England
heightft =
heightinch =
heightm =
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right arm medium
role =
club1 = Worcestershire
year1 = 1922—1923
club2 = Cambridge University
year2 = 1923—1926
club3 = Wales
year3 = 1927—1929
club4 = Sussex
year4 = 1931
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = FC
matches1 = 44
runs1 = 599
bat avg1 = 11.30
100s/50s1 = 0/1
top score1 = 58
deliveries1 = 5,773
wickets1 = 90
bowl avg1 = 33.43
fivefor1 = 4
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 5-24
catches/stumpings1 = 38/0
date = 10 July
year = 2008
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30574/30574.html

Samuel Thornton Jagger (30 June 1904—30 May 1964) was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket on more than 40 occasions between the wars. He was later to work as a housemaster at Lancing College.Obituary. "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" 1965.] He is the father of rock musician Mick Jagger. [cite web |url=http://bluwiki.com/go/CricInfo_History#Mick_Jagger_and_CricInfo |title=Mick Jagger and CricInfo |work=CricInfo History |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=bluwiki.com]

Educated at Malvern College, he captained the cricket eleven in both 1921 and 1922.His first-class debut came for Worcestershire against Somerset at Weston-super-Mare in August 1922. In a drawn match, Jagger took three first-innings wickets. [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10577.html |title=Somerset v Worcestershire in 1922 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive] He also played for Worcestershire, as well as Cambridge University, the following season, but it was then discovered that his county qualification was invalid.During 1923, he made his only first-class half-century when he hit 58 for Cambridge against Essex. [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10818.html |title=Essex v Cambridge University |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive]

Jagger played no first-class cricket in 1924, but in the two years thereafter he appeared regularly for Cambridge and won his Blue. In early May 1925, he claimed his first five-wicket haul when he took 5-40 against Sussex at Fenner's. [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11436.html |title=Cambridge University v Sussex in 1925 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive] He also claimed five-wicket bags for Cambridge that season against Free Foresters (taking nine in the match) and Surrey, [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11508.html |title=Cambridge University v Free Foresters in 1925 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive] [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11536.html |title=Cambridge University v Surrey in 1925 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive] the three bowling feats coming within a space of six weeks. He ended 1925 with 41 first-class wickets (his highest season's aggregate) at 32.21. The following year he picked up another 24 wickets, and achieved a career-best 5-24 against Yorkshire [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11800.html |title=Cambridge University v Yorkshire in 1926 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive]

From 1927 and 1929, Jagger turned out for Wales, at that point playing a small number of first-class games each year, and played in the side's eight-wicket win over the touring West Indians. The game was dominated by 55-year-old Sydney Barnes' 12 wickets, and the wicketless Jagger's personal contribution was limited to a first-innings 30. [cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/12/12812.html |title=Wales v West Indians in 1928 |accessdate=2008-07-10 |publisher=CricketArchive] Jagger played a little minor counties cricket for Denbighshire in 1930, but in 1931 returned for his final fling at first-class level, appearing three times without conspicuous success for Sussex.

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* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30574/30574.html Samuel Jagger] from CricketArchive
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