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| Full name | Jack Morrison Gregory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1895-08-14)14 August 1895 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 1973(1973-08-07) (aged 77) Bega, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right armfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 107) | 17 December 1920 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 December 1928 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1920/21–1928/29 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Morrison Gregory (14 August 1895 – 7 August 1973) was an Australiancricketer.
As well as 129first class matches forNew South Wales he played in 24Tests between 1920 and 1928. He was known mainly as a fearsome right-arm fast bowler but he also achieved abatting average of 36.50 and 1146 runs including two centuries, batting left-handed and gloveless. He also batted without a box.[1] His best bowling was 7/69 in an innings and 8/101 in a match at the 1920/21 Test againstEngland at theMCG.[1]
At theJohannesburg Test in 1921 he scored a century from 67 balls in 70 minutes, which was at the time the fastest hundred in terms of both balls faced and minutes taken in the history of Test cricket. The record stood until 1985 whenViv Richards managed the feat with 56 balls but it remains the record for the fastest hundred in terms of minutes. His record of 15 catches in the 1920–21 Ashes series still stands as the record for the most catches by a fieldsman in a Test series.[2]A knee injury suffered in the 1928Brisbane Test match brought his cricket career to an abrupt end.
He wasWisden Cricketer of the Year in 1922.
Jack was the third son ofCharles Smith Gregory (1847–1935),[3] who had a short first-class career. His uncles include the great Australian cricketersDave (1845–1919) andNed Gregory (1839–1899), so Jack was a cousin ofSyd Gregory (1870–1929) andCharles William Gregory (1878–1910).
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