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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Louis_Jacobson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Louis_Jacobson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jacobson > Source revision: 1350518887 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Irish cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Louis Jacobson | image = | country = Ireland | fullname = Louis Collins Jacobson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|01|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|12|6|1918|01|26}}{{cite web|author=Cricket Ireland |url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/death-of-louis-jacobsen |title=Death of Louis Jacobsen |publisher=Cricketireland.ie |date=2013-12-09 |accessdate=2014-01-09}} | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | nickname = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = [Batsman](/source/Batsman) | heightm = | club1 = [Ireland](/source/Ireland_cricket_team) | year1 = 1948–1952 | columns = 1 | column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 153 | bat avg1 = 30.60 | 100s/50s1 = 1/0 | top score1 = 101[*](/source/not_out) | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 7 January | year = 2014 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26789/26789.html CricketArchive }} '''Louis Collins Jacobson''' (26 January 1918 – 6 December 2013)[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26789/26789.html Cricket Archive profile] was an Irish [cricket](/source/cricket)er. A right-handed [batsman](/source/batsman) from [Dublin](/source/Dublin), he played twelve times for the [Ireland cricket team](/source/Ireland_cricket_team) between 1947 and 1959[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire141.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] including four [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) matches.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26789/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Louis Jacobson at Cricket Archive] ==Background== Jacobson attended secondary school at [Wesley College](/source/Wesley_College%2C_Dublin) in Dublin and studied medicine at [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin).{{Cite web|url=http://oldwesley.ie/louis-jacobson-deceased/|title=Louis Jacobson - deceased|date=10 December 2013}} He died on 6 December 2013 at the age of 95 and was buried at [Dolphins Barn](/source/Dolphins_Barn) Jewish Cemetery.{{Cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/louis-jacobson-dublin-6-dublin/211372|title=Death Notice of Louis JACOBSON}} ==Sporting career== Jacobson represented Trinity College on the [Dublin University Cricket Club](/source/Dublin_University_Cricket_Club). Louis was President of [Clontarf Cricket Club](/source/Clontarf_Cricket_Club) from 1966 to 1968, also returning to senior cricket with the now defunct Carlisle Club, made up of members of Dublin's Jewish cricket community. His religion also found him representing a British and Irish side at the [Maccabean Games](/source/Maccabean_Games), where cricket has often featured. His son Denis Jacobson followed him onto both the Dublin University and Carlisle teams. Jacobson made his debut for Ireland against the [MCC](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's) in August 1947. His second match was against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) in June 1948, and he made his first-class debut against [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_cricket_team) the following month. He played just once in 1949, against the MCC, and twice in 1950, against Scotland and [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club). He did not play in 1951. He played four times for Ireland in 1952, twice against [India](/source/India_national_cricket_team) and once against Scotland, before his final first-class match, against the MCC in Dublin. He played against the MCC in June 1953, followed by six years out of the Ireland team, returning for his final match in July 1959, against Yorkshire. Jacobson also played rugby. He was a senior rugby player for Old Wesley in the 1940s and was club President in 1962-1963. ==Statistics== In all matches for Ireland, Jacobson scored 358 [runs](/source/Run_(cricket)) at an [average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 18.84, with a top score of 101 [not out](/source/not_out) against Scotland in June 1950, his only [century](/source/Century_(cricket)). In first-class cricket, he scored 153 runs at an average of 30.60, with his top-score being the unbeaten 101 against Scotland. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobson, Louis}} Category:1918 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Category:Burials at Dolphins Barn Jewish Cemetery Category:Jewish cricketers Category:Jewish Irish sportspeople Category:Maccabiah Games competitors for Great Britain Category:Maccabiah Games cricketers Category:Irish Jews Category:Cricketers from County Dublin Category:Irish cricketers Category:People educated at Wesley College, Dublin Category:Dublin University cricketers Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Louis Jacobson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jacobson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jacobson?action=history)). 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