John Jackson (cricketer, born 1898)
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John Alfred Stewart Jackson CBE (27 December 1898 in Valparaíso, Chile – 13 March 1958 in Santiago, Chile) was a Britishcricketer and school founder.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm leg spin bowler, he played seven times for the Chile national cricket team against Argentina between 1922 and 1938. Earlier in his career, he played county cricket for Somerset.
Jackson was educated at Cheltenham College, then served in the Rifle Brigade during World War I. After the war he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge. In the 1920 English cricket season while at Cambridge University, he made his first-class debut playing against Cambridge University for Somerset. He then played four matches for the University side, but did not gain his blue in their annual match against Oxford University. He then played 13 County Championship matches for Somerset, in addition to one match for the Gentlemen of England against the Combined Services.
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