| Jack Jacobs | |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1909 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Southport, Queensland, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1927-28 – 1937-38 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 464 |
| Bat Avg1: | 23.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/4 |
| Top Score1: | 69 |
| Deliveries1: | 0 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/1 |
| Date: | 6 February 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37502.html Cricinfo |
Jack Jacobs (16 April 1909 – 15 June 2003) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1927 and 1938.[1]
Jacobs attended Christchurch Boys' High School.[2] He was a batsman who occasionally kept wicket. His highest first-class scores were 61 (Canterbury's top score) and 69 in his first match in December 1927, when Canterbury beat Otago by four wickets.[3] He played senior cricket in Christchurch until the early 1950s, and was a member of the Canterbury Cricket Association's management committee in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]
Jacobs served in Greece and Crete with the New Zealand Army in World War II. He was captured by the Germans and spent several years as a prisoner of war.[4] After the war ended in Europe he toured England with the New Zealand Services team from May to September 1945, playing in the team's only first-class match.[5]