lastagainst testdebutagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name lasttestyear fullname debutfor birth_place column international debutdate role testdebutdate lasttestagainst type source lastyear runs date testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate lastfor s/s matches article_title
middlesex new zealand balls 498 83267 25 april 2007 4 september 1947 2 1 ; / & ndash ; 137 / & ndash 1947 & ndash ; 1963 1949 5 april 1921 right-arm fast kent & ndash ; 20 england chesterfield , england derbyshire & ndash ; 115 right-hand bat les jackson 1961 herbert leslie jackson derbyshire whitwell , derbyshire , england tests first-class true 5 july bowler 23 july australia first-class http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/859/859.html les jackson 1963 15 2083 1921 4 5 yes 1949 7 1733 6 july derbyshire & ; / & ndash ; ndash ; / & ndash ; & ndash 2 418 les jackson -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

les jackson -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

les jackson -lrb- 5 april 1921 -- 25 april 2007 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
a fast or fast-medium bowler renowned for his accurate bowling and particular hostility on uncovered wickets , he played county cricket for derbyshire from 1947 to 1963 , and was regularly at , or near the top of , the english bowling averages .
he played in only two test matches for england , one in 1949 and a second in 1961 .
jackson 's absence from test cricket was largely because his batting was so underdeveloped : his highest first-class score was 39 not out , and he reached 30 on only two other occasions .
between july 1949 and august 1950 , jackson indeed played fifty-one innings without reaching double figures , a number known to be exceeded only by jem shaw , nobby clark , eric hollies -lrb- twice -rrb- , brian boshier and mark robinson .
his leading competitors like trueman , tyson , and even teammate gladwin were far better batsmen .
cricket writer , colin bateman , noted , `` it is one of cricket 's great crimes that les jackson , a most respected fast bowler on the circuit throughout the 1950s , played only twice for england .
it is said that his slingy , hostile action and his blunt opinions did not please the mcc but in an era when alec bedser carried england ` s attack on his own , jackson 's omission was a scandalous loss '' .
bateman added that jackson , '' ... was as feared as truemen and tyson in county cricket '' .
