Samuel Jagger

Who was Samuel Jagger?

Samuel Thornton Jagger was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket on more than 40 occasions between the wars. He was later to work as a housemaster at Lancing College.

Educated at Malvern College, he captained the cricket eleven in both 1921 and 1922. His first-class debut came for Worcestershire against Somerset at Weston-super-Mare in August 1922. In a drawn match, Jagger took three first-innings wickets. He also played for Worcestershire, as well as Cambridge University, the following season, but it was then discovered that his county qualification was invalid. During 1923, he made his only first-class half-century when he hit 58 for Cambridge against Essex.

Jagger played no first-class cricket in 1924, but in the two years thereafter he appeared regularly for Cambridge and won his Blue. In early May 1925, he claimed his first five-wicket haul when he took 5–40 against Sussex at Fenner's. He also claimed five-wicket bags for Cambridge that season against Free Foresters and Surrey, the three bowling feats coming within a space of six weeks. He ended 1925 with 41 first-class wickets at 32.21.