Jack Gregory

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = Australian
country = Australia
country abbrev = AUS
name = Jack Gregory
picture = Jgregory.jpg
batting style = Left-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm fast
tests = 24
test runs = 1146
test bat avg = 36.96
test 100s/50s = 2/7
test top score = 119
test balls = 5582
test wickets = 85
test bowl avg = 31.15
test 5s = 4
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 7/69
test catches/stumpings = 37/0
FCs = 129
FC runs = 5659
FC bat avg = 36.50
FC 100s/50s = 13/27
FC top score = 152
FC balls = 22014
FC wickets = 504
FC bowl avg = 20.99
FC 5s = 33
FC 10s = 8
FC best bowling = 9/32
FC catches/stumpings = 195/0
debut date = 17 December
debut year = 1920
last date = 30 November
last year = 1928
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/374/374.html CricketArchive

Jack Morrison Gregory (August 14 1895, North Sydney, New South Wales - August 7 1973, Bega, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer.

As well as 129 first class matches for New South Wales he played in 24 Tests between 1920 and 1928. He was known mainly as a fearsome right-arm fast bowler but he also achieved a batting average of 36.50 and 1146 runs including two centuries, batting left-handed and gloveless. His best bowling was 7/69 in an innings and 8/101 in a match at the 1920/21 Test against England at the MCG. ^{[http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1920-21/ENG_IN_AUS/ENG_AUS_T2_31DEC1920-04JAN1921.html]}

At the Johannesburg Test in 1921 he scored a century from 67 balls in 70 minutes, which was at the time the fastest hundred in the history of Test cricket. The record stood until 1985 when Viv Richards managed the feat with 56 balls. His record of 15 catches in the 1920–21 Ashes series still stands as the record for the most catches by a fieldsman in a Test series. [ [http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283632.html Cricinfo - Records - Test matches - Most catches in a series ] ]

Jack was the nephew of two of the very early Australian cricketers, Dave and Ned Gregory. A knee injury suffered in the 1928 Brisbane test match brought his cricket career to an abrupt finish.

He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1922.

References

External links

* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5435.html Cricinfo article on Jack Gregory]

ee also

*List of Test or One-day International cricket families