{{Short description|Irish cricketer and rugby union footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Finlay Jackson | image = | caption = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg spin | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 154 | bat avg1 = 38.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 71 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1= 0/– | international = true | country = Ireland | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26787/26787.html CricketArchive | date = 16 November | year = 2022 }}
'''Finlay William Jackson''' (21 November 1901 – 13 March 1941)<ref name="CAP">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26787/26787.html Cricket Archive profile]</ref> was an Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player.
==Rugby Union==
Jackson played just once for the Ireland national rugby union team, a Five Nations match against England on 10 February 1923.<ref>[http://www.scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=23999 Rugby Union statistics at scrum.com]</ref> He would play much more for Ireland at his other sport, cricket.
==Cricket==
A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler,<ref name="CAP" /> Jackson played eight times for the Ireland cricket team between 1923 and 1933<ref name="CESZP">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1500.htm |title=CricketEurope Stats Zone profile |access-date=19 May 2007 |archive-date=24 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524015407/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire1500.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> including three first-class matches.<ref name="FCM">[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26787/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Finlay Jackson at Cricket Archive]</ref>
He made his debut for Ireland in August 1923, playing against Wales in Cardiff. His second game for Ireland was also against Wales, this time in Belfast, and this was followed by his first match against Scotland,<ref name="CESZP" /> which was also his first first-class match.<ref name="FCM" /> He rounded off the year with two matches against the MCC.<ref name="CESZP" /> He also played that year for a North of Ireland team against Wales.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11196.html Scorecard] of North of Ireland v Wales match, 27 June 1924 at CricketArchive</ref>
He played twice for Ireland in 1925, against Scotland and Wales,<ref name="CESZP" /> which were his final first-class games.<ref name="FCM" /> He then spent eight years away from the Ireland team, returning for one final match in August 1933, against the MCC at Lord's.<ref name="CESZP" />
===Statistics===
In all matches for Ireland, Jackson scored 349 runs at an average of 29.08, with a top score of 71 against Scotland in July 1924, his only half-century. He bowled just two overs, going for 30 runs without taking a wicket in his last match against the MCC.<ref name="CESZP" /> In first-class cricket, he scored 154 runs at an average of 38.50, with a top score of 71. He did not bowl in first-class cricket.<ref name="CAP" />
==Family==
His brother Harold also represented Ireland at cricket.<ref name="CAP" />
==See also== * List of Irish cricket and rugby union players
==References==
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