Stanley Jackson

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Stanley Jackson

F. S. Jackson making an on-drive, late 1890s
Personal information
Full name	Francis Stanley Jackson
Born	21 November 1870(1870-11-21) Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Died	9 March 1947(1947-03-09) (aged 76) Hyde Park, London, England
Nickname	Jacker
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 82)	17 July 1893 v Australia
Last Test	16 August 1905 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1890 – 1907	Yorkshire
1890 – 1893	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	20	309
Runs scored	1,415	15,901
Batting average	48.79	33.83
100s/50s	5/6	31/76
Top score	144*	160
Balls bowled	1,587	37,516
Wickets	24	774
Bowling average	33.29	20.37
5 wickets in innings	1	42
10 wickets in match	0	6
Best bowling	5/52	8/54
Catches/stumpings	10/–	195/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 November 2008

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, GCSI, GCIE, PC, KStJ (21 November 1870 – 9 March 1947), known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Jackson was born in Leeds. His father was William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton. During Stanley's time at Harrow School his fag was fellow parliamentarian and future Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1889.

Cricket career

"A Flannelled Fighter"
Jackson as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, August 1902

Jackson played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. He spotted the talent of Ranjitsinhji when the latter, owing to his unorthodox batting, was struggling to find a place for himself in the university side, and was responsible for Ranji's inclusion in the Cambridge First XI. He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1894.

He captained England in 5 Test matches in 1905, winning 2 and drawing 3 to retain The Ashes. Captaining England for the first time, he won all five tosses and topped the batting and bowling averages for both sides, with 492 runs at 70.28 and 13 wickets at 15.46. These were the last of his 20 Test matches, all played at home as he could not spare the time to tour.

He was President of the MCC in 1921.

Jackson succeeded Lord Hawke as President of Yorkshire CCC in 1938 after Hawke's death and held the post until his own death in 1947.

Military and political career

Jackson served in the Royal Lancaster Regiment of Militia in the Second Boer War, and transferred to the West Yorkshire Regiment as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament at the By-election in February 1915, representing Howdenshire (Yorkshire) until resigning his seat on 3 November 1926. He served as Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922-23. In 1927 he was appointed Governor of Bengal and in that year was knighted with the GCIE and was made a member of the Privy Council. He was awarded the KStJ in 1932. In 1932, he was shot at close range by a girl student named Bina Das in the convocation hall of the University of Calcutta, but escaped unhurt. Also, that year, he was appointed a GCSI.

Sir Stanley Jackson was saved from the attempt on his life by Lieutenant-Colonel Hassan Suhrawardy (the first Muslim Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta). Suhrawardy was knighted by the King for his heroism. Suhrawardy was the father of Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah and the uncle of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.

Funeral

England team v. Australia, Trent Bridge 1899. Back row: Dick Barlow (umpire), Tom Hayward, George Hirst, Billy Gunn, J T Hearne (12th man), Bill Storer (wkt kpr), Bill Brockwell, V A Titchmarsh (umpire). Middle row: C B Fry, K S Ranjitsinhji, W G Grace (captain), Stanley Jackson. Front row: Wilfred Rhodes, Johnny Tyldesley.

Jackson died in London of complications following a road accident. Recalling his funeral, the Bishop of Knaresborough remarked "As I gazed down on the rapt faces of that vast congregation, I could see how they revered him as though he were the Almighty, though, of course, infinitely stronger on the leg side."

See also

• History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)

Bibliography

• Hodgson, Derek (1989). The Official History of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press. ISBN 1852232749. 
• Kilburn, J.M. (1970). A History of Yorkshire Cricket. Stanley Paul. ISBN 0091011108. 
• Woodhouse, Anthony (1989). The History of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0747034087. 

External links

• Cricinfo page on the Honourable Stanley Jackson, including his Wisden obituary
• Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Jackson, Francis (or Frank) Stanley". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Stanley Jackson
• www.burkespeerage.com

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Harrison-Broadley	Member of Parliament for Howdenshire 1915–1926	Succeeded by William Henton Carver
Political offices
Preceded by George Frederick Stanley	Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922–1923	Succeeded by Rupert Gwynne
Preceded by George Younger	Chairman of the Conservative Party 1923–1926	Succeeded by John Davidson
Preceded by The Earl of Lytton	Governor of Bengal 1927–1932	Succeeded by Sir John Anderson
Sporting positions
Preceded by Plum Warner	English national cricket captain 1905	Succeeded by Plum Warner