Jack Arthur Bailey (22 June 1930 – 12 July 2018) was an English first-class cricketer and administrator.

Jack Bailey
Personal information
Full name
Jack Arthur Bailey
Born(1930-06-22)22 June 1930
Brixton, London
Died12 July 2018(2018-07-12) (aged 88)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953–1958Essex
1956–1958Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 112
Runs scored 641
Batting average 5.82
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 29*
Balls bowled 18,023
Wickets 347
Bowling average 21.62
5 wickets in innings 20
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 8/24
Catches/stumpings 67/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2018

Born at Brixton in London in 1930, Bailey was educated at Christ's Hospital in Horsham and University College, Oxford.[1][2] He played for Essex County Cricket Club and Oxford University as a tail-end right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, making 112 first-class appearances between 1953 and 1958. He took 347 wickets at a bowling average of 21.62 runs per wicket. Among his many matches for Marylebone Cricket Club were tours to East Africa, South America, Canada and the United States, Holland and Denmark.[3] Playing for MCC against Ireland in a first-class match in 1966, Bailey returned match figures of 13 for 57, taking 5 for 33 in the first innings and a career-best 8 for 24 in the second.[3]

He succeeded Billy Griffith as Secretary of the MCC in 1974, following a spell as Assistant Secretary. He resigned in controversial circumstances in 1987, following a dispute over the ceding of further power to the Test and County Cricket Board.

Bailey wrote a biography of his Essex teammate Trevor Bailey (Trevor Bailey: A Life in Cricket, 1993) and a memoir of his time at Lord's (Conflicts in Cricket, 1989). He also wrote for The Sunday Telegraph and The Times.[3]

He died on 12 July 2018 at the age of 88.[4][3]

References

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  1. ^ BAILEY, Jack Arthur, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, 2017 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2016)
  2. ^ Jack Bailey, CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2024. (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b c d "MCC expresses sadness at news of the death of Jack Bailey". Lords.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Jack Bailey obituary". 18 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
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