J. A. Bailey
English cricketer and administrator (1930–2018)
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::summary English cricketer and administrator (1930–2018) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jack Bailey |
| fullname | Jack Arthur Bailey |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Brixton, London |
| death_date | |
| 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 |
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| name = Jack Bailey | image = | country = | fullname = Jack Arthur Bailey | birth_date = | birth_place = Brixton, London | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | 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. 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. 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.
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.
He died on 12 July 2018 at the age of 88.
References
References
- [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6149 BAILEY, Jack Arthur], ''Who's Who 2017'', [[A & C Black]], 2017 (online edition, [[Oxford University Press]], 2016)
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4770/4770.html Jack Bailey], CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024. {{subscription required
- "MCC expresses sadness at news of the death of Jack Bailey".
- (18 July 2018). "Jack Bailey obituary".
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