Tony Jakobson

Tony Jakobson
Personal information
Full name
Tony Robert Jakobson
Born (1937-12-17) 17 December 1937 (age 86)
Marylebone, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1960–1961Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 112
Batting average 9.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 20
Balls bowled 2,762
Wickets 37
Bowling average 32.00
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/61
Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 May 2020

Tony Robert Jakobson (born 17 December 1937) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Jakobson was born at Marylebone in December 1937. He was educated at Charterhouse School, before going up to University College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1960. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1961, making a total of fourteen appearances.[2] Playing primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took a total of 37 wickets in his fourteen first-class matches at an average of 32.00 and best figures of 5 for 61, which represented his only five wicket haul.[3] As a batsman, he scored 112 runs with a high score of 20.[4]

Jakobson later became a horse racing tipster at Newmarket, where he wrote the Pin Money column in the Newmarket Journal for nearly fifty years, before stepping down in May 2020.[5]

  1. ^ "Player profile: Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ Apicella, Liam (14 May 2020). "Newmarket Journal's Tony Jakobson steps down from Pin Money column". Newmarket Journal. Retrieved 18 May 2020.