J. A. Bailey

Jack Bailey
Personal information
Full name Jack Arthur Bailey
Born (1930-06-22)22 June 1930
Brixton, London
Died 14 July 2018(2018-07-14) (aged 88)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–1958 Oxford University
1953–1958 Essex
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

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

Born in Brixton, London, Bailey was educated at Christ's Hospital and University College, Oxford.[1] He represented Essex and Oxford University as a tail-end right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler in 112 first-class matches between 1953 and 1958. He took 347 wickets at an average of 21.62. Among his many matches for Marylebone Cricket Club were tours to East Africa, South America, Canada and the United States, Holland and Denmark.[2] 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.[2]

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.[2]

He died on 12 July 2018 at the age of 88.[3][2]

References

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