Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Jack Simmons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England | 28 March 1941|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Simmo, Flat Jack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm Off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968 to 1989 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972–73 to 1979–80 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:Cricinfo profile,4 December 2008 |
Jack Simmons,MBE (b. 28 March 1941) is a former cricketer who played for Lancashire and Tasmania.
Born 28 March 1941,Clayton-le-Moors,Lancashire,Simmons grew up there. He attended Accrington Technical School and then Blackburn Technical College,where he proved to be a gifted cricketer. However he did not show enough consistency at an early stage to attract the attention of County selectors. Instead following leaving school he became a journeyman professional cricketer in the lower Lancashire leagues. However his reputation and ability soon developed,and by his late 20s,Lancashire County Cricket Club had begun to scout him.
Simmons was a lower-order right-hand batsman and a right-arm off break bowler who achieved almost iconic status for both the major teams that he played for. Solidly-built,he looked very little like an athlete,yet his close fielding was sharp and he remained fit into his late 40s.
A late arrival in county cricket at the age of 28, [1] Simmons then enjoyed a 20-year career in which he was an integral part of the Lancashire side,though rarely hitting the headlines. His flat bowling trajectory and his accuracy meant that he could be economical in one-day cricket,and he was part of the highly successful Lancashire side under Jack Bond that won the Gillette Cup,the premier one-day competition in England,for three years in a row from 1970 to 1972. Simmons and slow left-arm bowler David Hughes were the first pair of spin bowlers to be used regularly and successfully in one-day cricket,which had previously been the preserve of seam bowling.
In first-class cricket,Simmons reliably contributed more than 500 runs and 50 wickets in most seasons in his career, [2] and at the age of 47,he took 63 wickets in the 1988 season. The affection for "Flat Jack" in Lancashire was shown by his 1980 benefit,which raised £128,000. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985.
In 1972–73,he was invited to Tasmania to captain the local state side,whose first-class matches were restricted to games against touring sides. In six seasons as captain,Simmons led Tasmania into full first-class status and into the Sheffield Shield competition from 1977–78.
After half a dozen matches in the 1989 English season,Simmons retired. He has been County Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1998 and was elected as the Chairman of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board in January 2008.
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in English cricket. The club has held first-class status since it was founded in 1864. Lancashire's home is Old Trafford Cricket Ground,although the team also play matches at other grounds around the county. Lancashire was a founder member of the County Championship in 1890 and have won the competition nine times. Lancashire have won 26 major honours in its history. The club's limited overs team is called Lancashire Lightning.
Arthur Webb Mold was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire as a fast bowler between 1889 and 1901. A Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1892,he was selected for England in three Test matches in 1893. Mold was one of the most effective bowlers in England during the 1890s but his career was overshadowed by controversy over his bowling action. Although he took 1,673 wickets in first-class matches,many commentators viewed his achievements as tainted.
Neil Alan Mallender is a former English cricketer. Born in Kirk Sandall,Yorkshire,Mallender was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand lower order batsman who improved as his career progressed. He played first-class cricket in England for Northamptonshire and for Somerset (1987–1994). He also played for Otago,captaining the side in 1990–91 and 1991–92.
Colin Leslie McCool was an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Test matches between 1946 and 1950. McCool,born in Paddington,New South Wales,was an all-rounder who bowled leg spin and googlies with a round arm action and as a lower order batsman was regarded as effective square of the wicket and against spin bowling. He made his Test début against New Zealand in 1946,taking a wicket with his second delivery. He was part of Donald Bradman's Invincibles team that toured England in 1948 but injury saw him miss selection in any of the Test matches.
Frederick Martin,also known as Fred Martin and Nutty Martin,was an English professional cricketer who bowled left-arm medium-pace spin. Martin played first-class cricket between 1885 and 1892,primarily for Kent County Cricket Club,and appeared twice in Test matches for the England cricket team. He was considered one of the best left-arm spin bowlers in the country between 1889 and 1891.
Roy Kilner was an English professional cricketer who played nine Test matches for England between 1924 and 1926. An all-rounder,he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1927. In all first-class matches,he scored 14,707 runs at an average of 30.01 and took 1,003 wickets at an average of 18.45. Kilner scored 1,000 runs in a season ten times and took 100 wickets in a season five times. On four occasions,he completed the double:scoring 1,000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the same season,recognised as a sign of a quality all-rounder.
Glen Chapple is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. He is an all-rounder,and represented the national team in a One Day International,as well as performing well for Lancashire over many years. He bowled right-arm fast-medium,and is a right-handed batsman. With six first-class centuries to his name,Chapple shares with Mark Pettini the record for fastest first-class century,scored against declaration bowling by Glamorgan in 1993,coming off just 27 balls.
Douglas Thomas Ring was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and for Australia in 13 Test matches between 1948 and 1953. In 129 first-class cricket matches,he took 426 wickets bowling leg spin,and he had a top score of 145 runs,which was the only century of his career.
Cecil Harry Parkin,known as Cec or Ciss Parkin,was an English cricketer who played in 10 Test matches between 1920 and 1924 and made 157 appearances for Lancashire County Cricket Club.
John Iddon was an English professional cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1924 to 1945,and in five Test matches for England in 1935. He was born at Mawdesley,Lancashire,and died following a motor accident at Madeley,Staffordshire.
Richard Pollard was an English cricketer born in Westhoughton,Lancashire,who played in four Test matches between 1946 and 1948. A fast-medium right-arm bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman who made useful runs on occasion,he played for Lancashire between 1933 and 1950,taking 1,122 wickets in 298 first-class matches;he is 10th highest wicket-taker for Lancashire.
Peter Granville Lee,affectionately known as "Leapy",is a former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Lancashire County Cricket Clubs. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who moved the ball off the seam and became among the most effective bowlers in English county cricket during the 1970s. Presumably because his batting was impotent as shown by his highest first-class score in more than 200 matches being 26,Lee appears never to have been considered seriously for Test cricket. He toured South Africa twice with teams organised by Derrick Robins. He was born at Arthingworth,Northamptonshire.
1947 was the 48th season of County Championship cricket in England. It is chiefly remembered for the batting performances of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich who established seasonal records that,with the subsequent reduction in the number of first-class matches,will probably never be broken. Their form was key to their team Middlesex winning the County Championship for the first time since 1921,although they were involved in a tight contest for the title with the eventual runners-up Gloucestershire,for whom Tom Goddard was the most outstanding bowler of the season. Compton and Edrich were assisted by the fact that it was the driest and sunniest English summer for a generation,ensuring plenty of good batting wickets.
Keith John Aldridge is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in England and for Tasmania in Australia. He was born in Evesham,Worcestershire.
Roy Cosmo Kerslake is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset,and captained Somerset for one season in 1968. More recently he has been prominent as a cricket administrator,serving as president of Somerset County Cricket Club from 2004 to 2015. He was born at Paignton in Devon.
Jack Davey is a former English cricketer. Davey was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. An opening bowler,Davey had a successful career with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club which spanned from the 1966 season to the 1978 season. His name sometimes appeared in reports and on scorecards as J.J. Davey,although this was not accurate:the second initial was a mischievous creation by his county captain Tony Brown and the writer Alan Gibson,whose campaign to embellish Davey's name even extended to the production of a commemorative tie,in Davey's testimonial season,with "J.J?" on it.
John Stephen Manning,usually known as Jack Manning,was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia and in England for Northamptonshire. He was born at Semaphore,South Australia and died at Adelaide,also in South Australia.
John Scholes Savage was an English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Leicestershire and Lancashire between 1953 and 1969. He was born at Ramsbottom,Lancashire and died at Rochdale.
Victor Stanislaus Munden was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire between 1946 and 1957. He was a left-handed middle-order batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He was born at Leicester.
Keith Robert Dollery was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland and Tasmania in his native country,for Auckland in New Zealand,and,most successfully,for Warwickshire in England between 1951 and 1956. He was born in Cooroy,Queensland and died at Gerringong,New South Wales. He was no relation to Tom Dollery,his captain at Warwickshire.