- Alfred Jackson (cricketer)
Infobox Old Cricketer
nationality = Argentina national
country = Argentina
country abbrev = ARG
picture = cricket no pic.png
name = Alfred Jackson
batting style = Right-handedbatsman
bowling style = n/a
FCs = 8
FC runs = 349
FC bat avg = 24.92
FC 100s/50s = 0/4
FC top score = 78
FC balls = 0
FC wickets = -
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 3/1
debut date = 4 June
debut year = 1932
last date = 15 January
last year = 1938
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12544/12544.html Cricket ArchiveAlfred Louis Stewart Jackson (
28 February 1904 inViña del Mar ,Chile –23 July 1982 inValparaíso , Chile) was an Argentinian and Chileancricketer . A right-handedbatsman andwicket-keeper , [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12544/12544.html Cricket Archive profile] ] he played for both Chile and Argentina, and also playedfirst-class cricket for a combined South America side and for Argentina. His elder brother John played for Somerset.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1984 [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228585.html Obituaries in 1983] ]Playing career
Jackson played one match for Chile, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12544/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Alfred Jackson] at
Cricket Archive ] a three-day match against Argentina in 1925. Opening the batting with his brother, he scored 109 in the Chile first innings, but this wasn't enough to prevent Argentina winning by 320 runs. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/122/122542.html Scorecard] of Argentina v Chile,1 January 1925 at Cricket Archive]He eventually moved to
Argentina and played his first North v South match there in February 1932, a fixture he would play in nine times in total. In the1932 English cricket season , he toured with a combined South American side, playing first-class matches against Oxford University, Leicestershire, Sir J Cahn's XI, Sussex and Scotland. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/12/12544/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Alfred Jackson] at Cricket Archive] He topped the batting averages on the tour, and his innings of 78 against Julien Cahn's XI was his highest career first-class score.Returning to Argentina, he played three further first-class matches, this time for Argentina in 1937/38, against Sir TEW Brinckman's XI. Argentina drew the series 1-1, with Jackson captaining the Argentina team. He played his final internationals for Argentina on a tour of Chile in December 1938. Argentina won both matches, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/CHILE/1938-39_CHILE_Argentina_in_Chile_1938-39.html Argentina in Chile 1938/39] at Cricket Archive] the second of which saw Jackson playing against his brother John, who was playing for Chile. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/122/122553.html Scorecard] of Chile v Argentina,
29 December 1938 at Cricket Archive]References
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