Tony Jakobson
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| Full name | Tony Robert Jakobson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1937 Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Robert Jakobson (born 17 December 1937) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Jakobson was born at Marylebone in December 1937. He was educated at Charterhouse School, before going up to University College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Free Foresters at Oxford in 1960. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1961, making a total of fourteen appearances.[2] Playing primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took a total of 37 wickets in his fourteen first-class matches at an average of 32.00 and best figures of 5 for 61, which represented his only five wicket haul.[3] As a batsman, he scored 112 runs with a high score of 20.[4]
Jakobson later became a horse racing tipster at Newmarket, where he wrote the Pin Money column in the for nearly fifty years, before stepping down in May 2020.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Player profile: Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tony Jakobson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ Apicella, Liam (14 May 2020). "Newmarket Journal's Tony Jakobson steps down from Pin Money column". . Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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