Archibald Alexander Jackson (1909 - 1933)

Biography

Archibald was born in September 1909 at or about Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Archibald Jackson, was an Australian international cricketer who played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. He was a teenage prodigy, and had commenced playing first grade cricket at only 15 years of age. He was selected for his First Class debut for New South Wales at 17. In 1929, still only aged 19, Jackson made his Test debut against England at Adelaide from February 01 - 08. Scoring 164 runs in the first innings to become the youngest player to score a Test century. He played his Last Test against the West Indies at Melbourne from February 13 - 14, 1931.

Archie Jackson was the first son and third child of Alexander and Margaret Jackson (nee Gillespie). His father had spent part of his childhood in Australia and returned with his family to settle in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, in 1913.

Archie Jackson passed away in February 1933 at Clayfield in Queensland, Australia from complications from Tuberculosis. But his Funeral at the Field of Mars Cemetery in Ryde, New South Wales drew enormous crowds, with thousands of mourners lining the streets of Sydney for his funeral procession. His Pall Bearers were team mates: Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Bert Oldfield, Vic Richardson and Don Bradman, with Alan Kippax replacing McCabe at the cemetery.

Sources

• Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages. DEATH: Death registration: Archibald Jackson - Death date: 16/02/1933 - Mother's name: Margaret Gillespie - Father/parent's name: Alexander - Registration details: 1933/B/19780. from the Queensland Government's Family History Research Service online. first accessed on the 14th of March 2024 at: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed March 13, 2024), memorial page for Archibald Alexander Jackson (5 Sep 1909–16 Feb 1933), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #123671810, citing Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by III (contributor 47426837).

• Bede Nairn, Jackson, Archibald (Archie) (1909–1933), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jackson-archibald-archie-6809/text11781, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 14 March 2024.

• Archie Jackson from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia first accessed online on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Jackson

• Archie Jackson Australia his profile on the ESPNCRICINFO website. first accessed online on the 13th of March 2024

• Cricket from the Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) of Thursday 25 September 1924, Page 34. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37636959?

• ARTIST OF BAT. from The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) of Thursday 16 February 1933, Page 7. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22139692?

• Family Notices from The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) of Saturday 18 February 1933, Page 11. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28031379?

Further Reading

• STOP PRESS from the Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 - 1954) of Sunday 5 February 1933, Page 14. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169307357?

• SERIOUSLY ILL. from The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) of Tuesday 14 February 1933, Page 9. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22156491?

• ARCHIE JACKSON. from the Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1922 - 1933) of Wednesday 15 February 1933, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254310685?

• LATE ARCHIE JACKSON. from the Daily Standard (Brisbane, Qld. : 1912 - 1936) of Thursday 16 February 1933, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/185676401?

• FORMER TEST CRICKETER from The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) of Thursday 16 February 1933, Page 9. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197917362?

• Both Teams Will Escort Jackson Home from The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954) of Friday 17 February 1933, Page 9. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/247111479?

• Thousands Pay Tribute from The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954) of Saturday 18 February 1933, Page 3. first accessed on TROVE on the 13th of March 2024 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/228912928?