Louis Jacobson

Infobox Old Cricketer


nationality = Ireland
country = Ireland
country abbrev = Ire
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngname = Louis Jacobson
batting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = None
FCs = 4
FC runs = 153
FC bat avg = 30.60
FC 100s/50s = 1/0
FC top score = 101*
FC balls = 0
FC wickets = -
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 1/0
debut date = 24 July
debut year = 1948
last date = 6 September
last year = 1952
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26789/26789.html Cricket Archive

Louis Collins Jacobson (born 26 January 1918 in Dublin, Ireland) [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26789/26789.html Cricket Archive profile] ] is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played twelve times for the Ireland cricket team between 1947 and 1959 [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire141.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] including four first-class matches. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26789/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Louis Jacobson at Cricket Archive] ]

Playing career

Jacobson made his debut for Ireland against the MCC at Lord's in August 1947. His second match was against Yorkshire in June 1948, and he made his first-class debut against Scotland the following month. He played just once in 1949, against the MCC, and twice in 1950, against Scotland and Nottinghamshire. He did not play in 1951.

He played four times for Ireland in 1952, twice against India and once against Scotland, before his final first-class match, against the MCC in Dublin. He played against the MCC in June 1953, followed by six years out of the Ireland team, returning for his final match in July 1959, against Yorkshire.

tatistics

In all matches for Ireland, Jacobson scored 358 runs at an average of 18.84, with a top score of 101 not out against Scotland in June 1950, his only century. In first-class cricket, he scored 153 runs at an average of 30.60, with his top-score being the unbeaten 101 against Scotland.

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