Brian Jackson Cricketer
Albert Brian Jackson (born 21 August 1933) is a former English cricketer. who played for Derbyshire from 1963 to 1968 and for MCC in 1967. Jackson was born Kettleshulme, Cheshire. He started his career in the Derbyshire Second XI in the 1961 season, debuting in an innings-victory against Nottinghamshire in Epperstone. After playing in the Second XI for two years, Jackson made his first-class debut in the 1963 season appearing against Somerset in May, though he was absent hurt in the match. He saw action in his next game, against Glamorgan, and was a regular member of the side for the rest of the season. He bowled steadily, and in one match against Hampshire he took eleven wickets for eighty runs. He received his Derbyshire cap and with his unrelated namesake Leslie Jackson retiring, was viewed as a future spearhead of the Derbyshire bowling. Like Leslie, Brian Jackson was not a strong batsman: he never reached 30 in a first-class innings and his runs exceeded his wickets by no more than 190 for his whole career. In the 1964 season, with 79 Championship wickets he was by far the best bowler in the team. In the 1965 season, he advanced further and with Harold Rhodes formed an immensely powerful opening attack: the two bowlers were first and second in the national averages. Jackson's superb outswinger and extremely accurate length made him an extremely formidable opponent on the damp pitches of that summer, and he was never mastered even on the better pitches. An immense amount was expected of Jackson even at 33. In the 1966 season he achieved a few superb performances under helpful conditions, such as eight for 18 in the first innings and twelve for 49 in the match against Warwickshire at Coventry but overall the performance was disappointing in this and in the 1967 season. In 1967 he took eleven for 69 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston but was dropped from the Derbyshire eleven late in the season. One match for MCC in 1967 was his only first-class match for a team other than Derbyshire. After a poor performance in the 1968 season, he was not re-engaged for 1969. Jackson was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 457 first class wickets at an average of 18.94 and with a best performance of 8 for 18. He took 4 wickets in the one day game He was a right-handed batsman and played 160 innings in 149 first class matches with an average of 8.4 and a top score of 27. He played 4 innings in 6 one-day matches. Jackson represented Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1969 and 1970.