| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jack Arthur Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1930 Brixton, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 July 2018 (aged 88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1958 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1958 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack Arthur Bailey (22 June 1930 – 12 July 2018) was an English first-class cricketer and administrator.
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]