John Jackson: The Nottinghamshire Foghorn

Gerald Hudd

Aug 2016 · Lives in Cricket Book 43 · Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

About this ebook

John Jackson (1833-1901) was noticed at an early age by William Clarke after moving from his native Suffolk to Wellow in Nottinghamshire. He soon became an integral part of the Nottinghamshire and All-England Elevens. Bowling fast round-arm – his pace was described as ‘fearful’ – he took wickets by the dozen all over the country as well as on tours of North America in 1859 and Australia and New Zealand in 1863/64.

Injury brought his career to a gradual close during the late 1860s. Having no qualifications of any kind, Jackson had nothing to fall back on after his playing days had finished. The once great fast bowler ended his days in a Liverpool workhouse in 1901.

Gerald Hudd charts the life of this great bowler who in a later era would undoubtedly have had a highly successful career in Test cricket and who might have had a more dignified old age.

About the author

Gerald Hudd spent his early years following Gloucestershire and Worcestershire cricket. His working life was spent in prison administration until he retired in 1996. He moved to Warrington with his job in 1966, becoming a member of Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1972 and a life member in 1997. He wrote a number of books in the ACS Famous Cricketers series and also Test Cricket at Old Trafford 1884–1998 which was privately published in 1999.