Stanley Jackson
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right arm fast medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 20 | 309 |
| Runs scored | 1415 | 15901 |
| Batting average | 48.79 | 33.83 |
| 100s/50s | 5/6 | 31/76 |
| Top score | 144* | 160 |
| Balls bowled | 1587 | 37643 |
| 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 | 10/0 | 195/0 |
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Test debut: 17 July 1893 |
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- For a quarterback with the same name, see Stanley Jackson (American football).
Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (born 21 November 1870 in Leeds, died 9 March 1947 in London), known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative politician. During his time at Harrow School his fag was fellow parliamentarian and future Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Jackson played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and England. He was named 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, as well as heading both the batting and the bowling averages.[1]
Jackson served in the Royal Lancaster Regiment of Militia in the Second Boer War, and was Lieutenant-Colonel of a West Yorkshire Regiment battalion in World War I.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1915, representing Howdenshire (Yorkshire) until resigning in 1926. He served as Financial Secretary to the War Office 1922-23. In 1927 he was appointed Governor of Bengal. In 1932, he was shot at close range by a girl student named Bina Das in the convocation hall of the Calcutta University, but escaped unhurt.
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- ^ Alan Gibson wrote a book about his achievements in that series, published in 1966: Jackson's Year: The Test Matches Of 1905.
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| Preceded by: Plum Warner |
English national cricket captain 1905 |
Succeeded by: Plum Warner |
| Preceded by: The Earl of Lytton |
Governor of Bengal 1927–1932 |
Succeeded by: Sir John Anderson |
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