Jack Jacobs (cricketer)


Jack Jacobs was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury between 1927 and 1938.
Jacobs was a batsman who occasionally kept wicket. His highest first-class scores were 61 and 69 in his first match in December 1927, when Canterbury beat Otago by four wickets.
He served in Greece and Crete with the New Zealand Army in World War Two. He was captured by the Germans and spent several years as a prisoner of war. After the war ended in Europe he toured England with the New Zealand Services team from May to September 1945, playing in the team's only first-class match.