Jack O'Connor (English cricketer)

Jack O'Connor

O'Connor in 1925
Personal information
Born	6 November 1897 Cambridge, England
Died	22 February 1977 (aged 79) Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm legbreak
International information
National side	England
Test debut	29 June 1929 v South Africa
Last Test	3 April 1930 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 4 540 Runs scored 153 28,764 Batting average 21.85 34.90 100s/50s 0/1 72/129 Top score 51 248 Balls bowled 162 39,783 Wickets 1 557 Bowling average 72.00 32.89 5 wickets in innings 0 18 10 wickets in match 0 2 Best bowling 1/31 7/52 Catches/stumpings 2/– 226/1
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 November 2022

Jack O'Connor (6 November 1897 – 22 February 1977) was an English cricketer who played in four Tests from 1929 to 1930.

O'Connor was the son of John O'Connor who played for Derbyshire and nephew of Herbert Carpenter who played for Essex. O'Connor's was a mainstay of the Essex county side between the Wars, scoring 1,000 runs a season 16 times. Of diminutive stature, he was quick to drive and pull but was suspect against the fastest bowling and suffered occasional fallow spells in the county game. He compiled 72 centuries in all, including one against every other county and university side.

Bowling a mix of leg and off spin, O'Connor took 557 wickets, including 93 in 1926. He played one Test against South Africa in 1929 and, that winter, three more as part of a below strength touring team in the West Indies. After retiring from the first-class arena, he coached at Eton. and at Chigwell School in the 1960s.