| Samuel Jagger | |
| Fullname: | Samuel Thornton Jagger |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Death Place: | Hove, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right arm medium |
| Club1: | Worcestershire |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 1923—1926 |
| Club3: | Wales |
| Year3: | 1927—1929 |
| Club4: | Sussex |
| Year4: | 1931 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 44 |
| Runs1: | 599 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.30 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 58 |
| Deliveries1: | 5,773 |
| Wickets1: | 90 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 33.43 |
| Fivefor1: | 4 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/24 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 38/– |
| Date: | 10 July |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Source: | http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30574/30574.html |
Samuel Thornton Jagger (30 June 1904 – 30 May 1964) was a Welsh first-class cricketer who played on more than 40 occasions between the wars. He was later to work as a housemaster at Lancing College.[1]
Educated at Malvern College, he captained the cricket eleven in both 1921 and 1922.His first-class debut came for Worcestershire against Somerset at Weston-super-Mare in August 1922. In a drawn match, Jagger took three first-innings wickets.[2] He also played for Worcestershire, as well as Cambridge University, the following season, but it was then discovered that his county qualification was invalid.During 1923, he made his only first-class half-century when he hit 58 for Cambridge against Essex.[3]
Jagger played no first-class cricket in 1924, but in the two years thereafter he appeared regularly for Cambridge and won his Blue. In early May 1925, he claimed his first five-wicket haul when he took 5–40 against Sussex at Fenner's.[4] He also claimed five-wicket bags for Cambridge that season against Free Foresters (taking nine in the match) and Surrey,[5] [6] the three bowling feats coming within a space of six weeks. He ended 1925 with 41 first-class wickets (his highest season's aggregate) at 32.21. The following year he picked up another 24 wickets, and achieved a career-best 5–24 against Yorkshire[7]
From 1927 and 1929, Jagger turned out for Wales, at that point playing a small number of first-class games each year, and played in the side's eight-wicket win over the touring West Indians. The game was dominated by 55-year-old Sydney Barnes' 12 wickets, and the wicketless Jagger's personal contribution was limited to a first-innings 30.[8] Jagger played a little minor counties cricket for Denbighshire in 1930, but in 1931 returned for his final fling at first-class level, appearing three times without conspicuous success for Sussex.