| Jack Bailey | |
| Fullname: | Jack Arthur Bailey |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Brixton, London |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Essex |
| Year1: | 1953–1958 |
| Club2: | Oxford University |
| Year2: | 1956–1958 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 112 |
| Runs1: | 641 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.82 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 29 |
| Deliveries1: | 18,023 |
| Wickets1: | 347 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.62 |
| Fivefor1: | 20 |
| Tenfor1: | 2 |
| Best Bowling1: | 8/24 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 67/– |
| Date: | 21 July |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8937.html Cricinfo |
Jack Arthur Bailey (22 June 1930 - 12 July 2018) was an English first-class cricketer and administrator.
Born at Brixton in London in 1930, Bailey was educated at Christ's Hospital in Horsham and University College, Oxford.[1] [2] He played for Essex County Cricket Club and Oxford University as a tail-end right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, making 112 first-class appearances between 1953 and 1958. He took 347 wickets at a bowling average of 21.62 runs per wicket. Among his many matches for Marylebone Cricket Club were tours to East Africa, South America, Canada and the United States, Holland and Denmark.[3] Playing for MCC against Ireland in a first-class match in 1966, Bailey returned match figures of 13 for 57, taking 5 for 33 in the first innings and a career-best 8 for 24 in the second.[3]
He succeeded Billy Griffith as Secretary of the MCC in 1974, following a spell as Assistant Secretary. He resigned in controversial circumstances in 1987, following a dispute over the ceding of further power to the Test and County Cricket Board.
Bailey wrote a biography of his Essex teammate Trevor Bailey (Trevor Bailey: A Life in Cricket, 1993) and a memoir of his time at Lord's (Conflicts in Cricket, 1989). He also wrote for The Sunday Telegraph and The Times.[3]
He died on 12 July 2018 at the age of 88.[4] [3]