Arthur Jaques

Who was Arthur Jaques?

Captain Arthur Jaques was an English cricketer. Jaques was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and medium pace.

Jaques made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club on their tour to the West Indies, playing his first match for the club against Barbados. Jaques played 8 matces on tour for the club, with his final match coming against British Guiana. In his 8 first-class matches on the tour Jaques scored 106 runs at a batting average of 11.77 and a high score of 48. With the ball Jaques took 5 wickets on tour at a bowling average of 29.00, with best figures of 2-31.

The following year Jaques joined Hampshire for the 1913 County Championship, making his debut against Derbyshire. Jaques represented Hampshire in 49 first-class matches from 1913 to 1914, with his final first-class appearance for the county coming against Kent in the 1914 County Championship, which was brought to an early end by the onset of the First World War.

In his 49 first-class matches for the county Jaques took 168 wickets at a bowling average of 21.52, with 10 five wicket hauls, 3 ten wicket hauls in a match and best figures of 8/21 against Somerset in 1914.