J. A. Bailey

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Jack Bailey

Personal information
Full name	Jack Arthur Bailey
Born	(1930-06-22)22 June 1930 Brixton, London
Died	12 July 2018(2018-07-12) (aged 88)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1953–1958	Essex
1956–1958	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 112 Runs scored 641 Batting average 5.82 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 29* Balls bowled 18,023 Wickets 347 Bowling average 21.62 5 wickets in innings 20 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 8/24 Catches/stumpings 67/–
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. 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. 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.

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.

He died on 12 July 2018 at the age of 88.

External links

• J. A. Bailey at ESPNcricinfo