Stanley Jackson (cricketer) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Stanley Jackson
Office1:Financial Secretary to the War Office
Term Start1:1922
Term End1:1923
Predecessor1:George Frederick Stanley
Successor1:Rupert Gwynne
Office2:Chairman of the Conservative Party
Term Start2:1923
Term End2:1926
Predecessor2:George Younger
Successor2:John Davidson
Office3:Governor of Bengal
Term Start3:1927
Term End3:1932
Predecessor3:The Earl of Lytton
Successor3:Sir John Anderson
Office4:Member of Parliament for Howdenshire
Term Start4:1915
Term End4:1926
Predecessor4:Henry Harrison-Broadley
Successor4:William Henton Carver
Module:
Child:yes
Stanley Jackson
Country:England
Fullname:Francis Stanley Jackson
Nickname:Jacker
Birth Date:21 November 1870
Birth Place:Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Death Place:Hyde Park, London, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right arm fast-medium
International:true
Testdebutdate:17 July
Testdebutyear:1893
Testdebutagainst:Australia
Testcap:82
Lasttestdate:16 August
Lasttestyear:1905
Lasttestagainst:Australia
Club1:Yorkshire
Club2:Cambridge University
Columns:2
Column1:Tests
Matches1:20
Runs1:1,415
Bat Avg1:48.79
100S/50S1:5/6
Top Score1:144
Deliveries1:1,587
Wickets1:24
Bowl Avg1:33.29
Fivefor1:1
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:5/52
Catches/Stumpings1:10/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:309
Runs2:15,901
Bat Avg2:33.83
100S/50S2:31/76
Top Score2:160
Deliveries2:37,516
Wickets2:774
Bowl Avg2:20.37
Fivefor2:42
Tenfor2:6
Best Bowling2:8/54
Catches/Stumpings2:195/–
Date:11 November
Year:2008
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/ENG/J/JACKSON_FS_01000164/ Cricinfo

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson [1] (21 November 1870 – 9 March 1947),[2] known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician. He played in 20 Test matches for the England cricket team between 1893 and 1905.

Early life

Jackson was born in Leeds. His father was William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton. He was educated at Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire and Harrow School. During Stanley's time at Harrow his fag was fellow parliamentarian and future Prime Minister Winston Churchill.[1] He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1889.

Cricket career

Jackson played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. He spotted the talent of Ranjitsinhji when the latter, owing to his unorthodox batting and his race, was struggling to find a place for himself in the university side, and as captain was responsible for Ranji's inclusion in the Cambridge First XI and the awarding of his Blue. According to Alan Gibson this was "a much more controversial thing to do than would seem possible to us now".[3] He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1894.

He captained England in five Test matches in 1905, winning two and drawing three to retain The Ashes.[4] Captaining England for the first time, he won all five tosses and topped the batting and bowling averages for both sides, with 492 runs at 70.28 and 13 wickets at 15.46. These were the last of his 20 Test matches, all played at home as he could not spare the time to tour. Jackson still holds the Test record for the most matches in a career without playing away from home.[5] [6]

An orthodox batsman with a penchant for forcing strokes in front of square on both sides of the wicket he was regarded as a very sound player of fast bowling. His own bowling was a brisk fast medium, with a good off cutter his main weapon. While his commitments outside of cricket limited the number of games he played he was a key member of the very strong Yorkshire sides who won 6 county championships during his career (although this did include 1901 when Jackson did not appear in the county championship). His performances in 1896 and 1898 in particular showed what his statistics could have been if he had been able to dedicate more time, scoring over 1,000 championship runs at better than 40.00 in each season and taking over 100 wickets across the two seasons at an average of under 20.[7]

He was also the first batsman to be dismissed in the so-called "nervous nineties" on Test debut.[8] [9] [10]

Gibson wrote of him as a cricketer that he had "a toughness of character, a certain ruthlessness behind the genial exterior... He does not seem to have been a particularly popular man, though he was always a deeply respected one."[3]

He was President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1921.

Jackson succeeded Lord Hawke as President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938 after Hawke's death and held the post until his own death in 1947.[11]

Military and political career

As a former lieutenant in the Harrow School Volunteers, on 16 January 1900 Jackson was gazetted to a captaincy direct rather than being promoted in the normal way.[12] He was appointed captain in 3rd (1st Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). He left with his battalion in February 1900 to serve in the Second Boer War,[13] and arrived in South Africa the following month. He transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament at a by-election in February 1915,[14] representing Howdenshire (Yorkshire) until resigning his seat on 3 November 1926.[15] He served as Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922–23. In 1927 he was appointed Governor of Bengal and in that year was knighted with the GCIE and was made a member of the Privy Council. In 1928 while he was Governor of Bengal, he inaugurated The Malda District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd in Malda District of Bengal to promote co-operative movements. He was awarded the KStJ in 1932.

On 6 February 1932, Jackson sidestepped and ducked five pistol shots fired at close range by a girl student named Bina Das in the Convocation Hall of the University of Calcutta. Escaping unharmed and smiling, "[e]ven before the smoke had blown away, the Governor resumed his speech amid cheers."[16] The attacker was tackled and disarmed by Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Suhrawardy (the first Muslim vice chancellor of the University of Calcutta), who was knighted by the King for his heroism.[17] Later that year, Jackson was appointed GCSI.

Family

Jackson married at St. Helen's Church, Welton, East Yorkshire, on 5 November 1902 to Miss Harrison-Broadley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison-Broadley, of Welton-House, Brough, Yorkshire.[18]

Funeral

Jackson died in London of complications following a road accident.[19] Recalling his funeral, the Bishop of Knaresborough remarked "As I gazed down on the rapt faces of that vast congregation, I could see how they revered him as though he were the Almighty, though, of course, infinitely stronger on the leg side."

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Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Jackson's obituary in the 1948 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. This gives his full name as Francis Stanley Jackson, whereas Cricinfo and CricketArchive both give his full name as Frank Stanley Jackson. This article uses the name given by Wisden.
  2. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with H, part 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231410/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons page . usurped . 14 January 2010.
  3. Book: Gibson, Alan . Alan Gibson . The Cricket Captains of England . Pavilion Books . 1989 . 978-1-85145-395-5 . 91–2.
  4. [Alan Gibson]
  5. Book: Walmsley, Keith. Mosts Without in Test Cricket. 2003. Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd. Reading, England . 0947540067. 457. .
  6. News: This Week in History: November 17–23. SuperSport official website. 24 March 2017. en.
  7. Book: Coldham, James. F.S.Jackson: A Cricketing Biography. 1989. 1852231475. The Crowood Press Ltd.
  8. News: Records Test matches Batting records Ninety on debut . ESPNcricinfo . 24 March 2017.
  9. News: England v Australia 1893. 2 May 2008. ESPNcricinfo . 24 March 2017.
  10. News: 1st Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 17–19, 1893 Cricket Scorecard . ESPNcricinfo . 24 March 2017.
  11. Kilburn, p. 123.
  12. News: 30 January 1900 . The Militia Forces . 5 . The Manchester Guardian.
  13. The War – Embarcation of Troops. 13 February 1900 . 11 . 36064.
  14. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 426.
  15. Web site: Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 . Department of Information Services . . 9 June 2009 . 30 November 2009.
  16. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WPBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4036,4976689 Five shots fired at governor
  17. https://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21782002 Bravery Recognised
  18. Court Circular . 6 November 1902 . 8 . 36918.
  19. Kilburn, p. 122.