Jack Mason

Jack Mason

Mason in about 1905
Personal information
Full name	John Richard Mason
Born	(1874-03-26)26 March 1874 Blackheath, Kent, England
Died	15 October 1958(1958-10-15) (aged 84) Cooden Beach, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Relations	James Mason (brother) Charles Mason (brother)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 109)	13 December 1897 v Australia
Last Test	2 March 1898 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1893–1914	Kent
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 5 339 Runs scored 129 17,337 Batting average 12.90 33.27 100s/50s 0/0 34/86 Top score 32 183 Balls bowled 324 41,813 Wickets 2 848 Bowling average 74.50 22.39 5 wickets in innings 0 35 10 wickets in match 0 9 Best bowling 1/8 8/29 Catches/stumpings 3/– 390/–
Source: CricInfo, 21 March 2009

John Richard Mason (26 March 1874 – 15 October 1958), known as Jack Mason, was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1893 and 1914, captaining the team between 1898 and 1902. He played for England in five Test matches on A. E. Stoddart's 1897–98 tour of Australia.

Over six feet tall, Mason was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, classified as a genuine all-rounder. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack considered him to be "one of the finest amateur all-rounders to play for Kent".^[1] Mason was chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1898.