A left-arm spinner from Victoria who delivered the ball at almost medium pace, Wilson was nicknamed "Chuck" or "Chucker" because of the jerkiness of his action, a legacy of a football injury when he was a teenager.[1] However, his action was never officially questioned.[2]
He played once for his home state before moving to South Australia in 1950/51, playing virtually every first-class match for the state side until 1956/57. He had abundant stamina and relied on flight and accuracy more than spin.[2]
He toured England with Australia in 1956, but Wisden commented that he "never adapted himself to English conditions" and "lacked finger-spin".[3] He took 43 wickets on the English leg of the tour but did not play in any of the Test matches.[1] His one successful match on the tour came at Bristol, where he took 12 Gloucestershire wickets for 61 runs in the match, at one point taking six wickets in seven overs for no runs as the county were all out for just 44 in their first innings. His seven for 11 in that innings remained his best bowling performance.[2]
On the way home from England, the Australians played one Test match in Pakistan and three in India. Wilson was picked for the second match against India at Bombay, did not bat and took only one wicket. The match was drawn.[4]Ian Johnson, returning after injury, replaced him for the third Test, played on a spinners' wicket at Calcutta, which Australia won.[5]
An indifferent batsman who usually batted at No. 11, Wilson had a highest first-class score of 19 not out.[2] On the 1956 tour of England, he scored just 23 runs all summer.[6]
Referencesedit
^ abWilliamson, Martin. "Jack Wilson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ abcdThe Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 592–93.
jack, wilson, australian, cricketer, other, people, named, jack, wilson, jack, wilson, disambiguation, john, william, wilson, august, 1921, october, 1985, australian, cricketer, played, test, match, 1956, jack, wilsonpersonal, informationfull, namejohn, willia. For other people named Jack Wilson see Jack Wilson disambiguation John William Wilson 20 August 1921 13 October 1985 was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1956 Jack WilsonPersonal informationFull nameJohn William WilsonBorn 1921 08 20 20 August 1921Albert Park Melbourne Victoria AustraliaDied13 October 1985 1985 10 13 aged 64 Bayswater Melbourne VictoriaNicknameChuckerBattingRight handedBowlingSlow left arm orthodoxRoleBowlerInternational informationNational sideAustraliaOnly Test cap 205 26 October 1956 v IndiaDomestic team informationYearsTeam1949 50Victoria1950 51 1957 58South AustraliaCareer statisticsCompetition Tests First classMatches 1 78Runs scored 287Batting average 5 74100s 50s 0 0Top score 19 Balls bowled 216 19 853Wickets 1 230Bowling average 64 00 30 515 wickets in innings 0 910 wickets in match 0 1Best bowling 1 25 7 11Catches stumpings 0 17 Source CricInfo 20 April 2019Life and career editA left arm spinner from Victoria who delivered the ball at almost medium pace Wilson was nicknamed Chuck or Chucker because of the jerkiness of his action a legacy of a football injury when he was a teenager 1 However his action was never officially questioned 2 He played once for his home state before moving to South Australia in 1950 51 playing virtually every first class match for the state side until 1956 57 He had abundant stamina and relied on flight and accuracy more than spin 2 He toured England with Australia in 1956 but Wisden commented that he never adapted himself to English conditions and lacked finger spin 3 He took 43 wickets on the English leg of the tour but did not play in any of the Test matches 1 His one successful match on the tour came at Bristol where he took 12 Gloucestershire wickets for 61 runs in the match at one point taking six wickets in seven overs for no runs as the county were all out for just 44 in their first innings His seven for 11 in that innings remained his best bowling performance 2 On the way home from England the Australians played one Test match in Pakistan and three in India Wilson was picked for the second match against India at Bombay did not bat and took only one wicket The match was drawn 4 Ian Johnson returning after injury replaced him for the third Test played on a spinners wicket at Calcutta which Australia won 5 An indifferent batsman who usually batted at No 11 Wilson had a highest first class score of 19 not out 2 On the 1956 tour of England he scored just 23 runs all summer 6 References edit a b Williamson Martin Jack Wilson Cricinfo Retrieved 24 October 2021 a b c d The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket Oxford Melbourne 1996 pp 592 93 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1957 p 225 2nd Test Mumbai BS Oct 26 31 1956 Australia tour of India Cricinfo Retrieved 24 October 2021 3rd Test Kolkata Nov 2 6 1956 Australia tour of India Cricinfo Retrieved 24 October 2021 First Class Batting and Fielding for Australians 1956 CricketArchive Retrieved 24 October 2021 External links editJack Wilson at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Wilson Australian cricketer amp oldid 1162822955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
