Arthur Jaques

Captain Arthur Jaques (7 March 1888 – 27 September 1915) was an English first-class cricketer. Jaques was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and medium pace.

Arthur Jaques
Personal information
Born(1888-03-07)7 March 1888
Shanghai, Qing China
Died27 September 1915(1915-09-27) (aged 27)
Loos, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break, right-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913–1914Hampshire
1913Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 60
Runs scored 982
Batting average 12.75
100s/50s –/1
Top score 68
Balls bowled 9,175
Wickets 175
Bowling average 21.91
5 wickets in innings 10
10 wickets in match 3
Best bowling 8/21
Catches/stumpings 39/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 February 2010

Jaques made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club on their tour to the West Indies, playing his first match for the club against Barbados. Jaques played 8 matches on tour for the club, with his final match coming against British Guiana. In his 8 first-class matches on the tour Jaques scored 106 runs at a batting average of 11.77 and a high score of 48. With the ball Jaques took 5 wickets on tour at a bowling average of 29.00, with best figures of 2-31.

The following year Jaques joined Hampshire for the 1913 County Championship, making his debut against Derbyshire. Jaques represented Hampshire in 49 first-class matches from 1913 to 1914, with his final first-class appearance for the county coming against Kent in the 1914 County Championship, which was brought to an early end by the onset of the First World War.

In his 49 first-class matches for the county Jaques took 168 wickets at a bowling average of 21.52, with 10 five wicket hauls, 3 ten wicket hauls in a match and best figures of 8/21 against Somerset in 1914. With the bat Jaques scored 864 runs at an average of 13.50, with one half century score of 68 against Worcestershire in 1914. In addition Jaques took 28 catches in the field for Hampshire.

In addition to playing first-class matches for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club, Jaques also represented the Gentlemen in two Gentlemen v Players matches in 1914. Jacques also made a single first-class appearance for L Robinson's XI against JR Mason's XI in 1913.

World War I service and death

Jaques served in the First World War with the West Yorkshire Regiment, where he reached the rank of Captain. Jaques was killed in action at Loos, France on 27 September 1915.[1] He was commemorated at the Stoneham War Shrine in Hampshire.

References
  1. "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 3 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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