Jack Newman (English cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jack Newman (English cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1884

Date of Death: 21-Dec-1973

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jack Newman (English cricketer)

  • John Alfred 'Jack' Newman (born 12 November 1884 at Southsea, Hampshire; died 21 December 1973 at Groote Schuur, Cape Town, South Africa) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire.
  • He was an all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler, able to bowl fast-medium outswing with the new ball and then brisk offspin. In a long first-class career that lasted from 1906 to 1930, he took 2054 wickets at an average of 25.02, with best innings figures of 9/131.
  • Newman took ten or more wickets in a match on 35 occasions.
  • In 1927 he took 16 wickets for 88 runs against Somerset.
  • Only two players taking more wickets in a career were never capped by England.
  • For a number of years he and Alec Kennedy carried the Hampshire attack with little support, on two occasions bowling unchanged through both innings of a match. He scored 15,364 runs at 21.57, with ten centuries of which the highest was 166 not out.
  • He also held 318 catches. He completed the 'double' of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in a season five times between 1921 and 1928.
  • In 1921 he was the first that season to do so.
  • His best all-round performance in a match was in 1926 against Gloucestershire; he scored 66 and 42 not out and took 14 wickets for 148 runs. John Arlott included him in a side of the best players who were never selected by England to play in a Test match.In 1922 Newman was involved in an incident at Trent Bridge, refusing to bowl while the crowd were barracking.
  • His captain, the Hon.
  • L.
  • H.
  • Tennyson ordered him from the field. At the close of play Tennyson summoned Newman into the amateurs' changing-room.
  • "Jack," he said, "you have this afternoon disgraced the annals of Hampshire cricket ...
  • Hampshire cricket, mind you, the cradle of the game.
  • You must send a letter of apology.
  • Sit down; here's pen and paper.
  • I'll dictate the letter." Tennyson proceeded to speak out loud a letter to the president of Nottinghamshire in which Newman, who copied his captain's words down without a murmur, offered his profound apologies.
  • A second letter, to Carr, the Nottinghamshire captain, followed. Tennyson was not quite finished.
  • "Now, Jack, a final letter.
  • To the Hon.
  • L H Tennyson, captain, Hampshire County CC, Trent Bridge, Nottinghamshire.
  • `Dear Skipper, I humbly regret my behaviour, and so on,' you confounded old villain; and don't let us have a repetition of your disgraceful conduct.
  • And, good evening to you, Jack, and, damn you, take this." He thrust a five pound note – a considerable sum in those days – into Newman's hands. He stood as a first-class umpire for nine seasons.
  • Subsequently he emigrated to Cape Town, where he coached for a number of years.

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