Samuel Jagger
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| Full name | Samuel Thornton Jagger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1904 Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 May 1964 (aged 59) Hove, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922—1923 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923—1926 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927—1929 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Thornton Jagger (30 June 1904 – 30 May 1964) was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.
Notes
- ^ a b c Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1965.
- ^ "Somerset v Worcestershire in 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ^ "Essex v Cambridge University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Sussex in 1925". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters in 1925". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Surrey in 1925". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Yorkshire in 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ^ "Wales v West Indians in 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2008.