# Jen Jacobs

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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Jen Jacobs
|              female = true
|               image = 
|             caption =
|            fullname = Jennifer Mary Jacobs
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|3|8|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), Australia
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|7|20|1956|3|8|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Australia
|            nickname = 
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [off break](/source/Off_spin)
|                role = [All-rounder](/source/All-rounder)

|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 1979–1984
|             country = Australia

|       testdebutdate = 19 January
|       testdebutyear = 1979
|    testdebutagainst = New Zealand
|             testcap = 94
|        lasttestdate = 21 December
|        lasttestyear = 1984
|     lasttestagainst = England

|        odidebutdate = 10 January
|        odidebutyear = 1982
|     odidebutagainst = India
|              odicap = 27
|         lastodidate = 23 February
|         lastodiyear = 1984
|      lastodiagainst = India

|               club1 = [South Australia](/source/South_Australian_Scorpions)
|               year1 = 1977/78–1981/82
|               club2 = [Victoria](/source/Victoria_women's_cricket_team)
|               year2 = {{nowrap|1982/83–1984/85}}

|             columns = 4

|             column1 = [WTest](/source/Women's_Test_cricket)
|            matches1 = 7
|               runs1 = 136
|            bat avg1 = 13.60
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 48
|         deliveries1 = 838
|            wickets1 = 8
|           bowl avg1 = 41.25
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 4/72
|  catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

|             column2 = [WODI](/source/Women's_One_Day_International)
|            matches2 = 13
|               runs2 = 235
|            bat avg2 = 21.36
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 43
|         deliveries2 = 102
|            wickets2 = 3
|           bowl avg2 = 26.33
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 2/35
|  catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

|             column3 = [WFC](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches3 = 30
|               runs3 = 480
|            bat avg3 = 18.46
|           100s/50s3 = 0/1
|          top score3 = 69
|         deliveries3 = 2,208
|            wickets3 = 62
|           bowl avg3 = 15.72
|            fivefor3 = 1
|             tenfor3 = 0
|       best bowling3 = 5/32
|  catches/stumpings3 = 11/–

|             column4 = [WLA](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            matches4 = 26
|               runs4 = 432
|            bat avg4 = 18.00
|           100s/50s4 = 0/1
|          top score4 = 51
|         deliveries4 = 363
|            wickets4 = 6
|           bowl avg4 = 30.83
|            fivefor4 = 0
|             tenfor4 = 0
|       best bowling4 = 2/18
|  catches/stumpings4 = 2/–

|                date = 31 January 2023
|              source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10958/10958.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Jennifer Mary Jacobs''' (8 March 1956 – 21 July 2016) was an Australian [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played as a right-arm [off break](/source/Off_spin) [bowler](/source/Bowling_(cricket)) and right-handed [batter](/source/Batting_(cricket)). She appeared in seven [Test matches](/source/Women's_Test_cricket) and 13 [One Day Internationals](/source/Women's_One_Day_International) for [Australia](/source/Australia_women's_national_cricket_team) between 1979 and 1984. She played domestic cricket for [South Australia](/source/South_Australian_Scorpions) and [Victoria](/source/Victoria_women's_cricket_team).<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/jen-jacobs-53514 |title=Player Profile: Jen Jacobs |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="CricketArchive">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10958/10958.html |title=Player Profile: Jen Jacobs |work=CricketArchive |access-date=31 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1037227.html |title=Former Australia Women allrounder Jen Jacobs dies |access-date=21 July 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=53514}}
* {{cricketarchive|id=10958}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140227082156/http://www.southernstars.org.au/jacobs.html Jen Jacobs] at [southernstars.org.au](/source/southernstars.org.au)

{{Australia Squad 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Jen}}
Category:1956 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Cricketers from Adelaide
Category:Australia women Test cricketers
Category:Australia women One Day International cricketers
Category:South Australia women's cricketers
Category:Victoria women cricketers
Category:Sportswomen from South Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen

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