# Samuel Jagger > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Jagger > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samuel_Jagger.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Jagger > Source revision: 1350514413 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Welsh cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Samuel Jagger | image = Samuel Jagger (1).jpg | caption = Samuel Jagger, Wesh Cygnets, 1927 | fullname = Samuel Thornton Jagger | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|6|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Llangollen](/source/Llangollen), [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire), Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|5|30|1904|6|30|df=yes}} | death_place = [Hove](/source/Hove), Sussex, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right arm medium | club1 = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = {{nowrap|1922—1923}} | club2 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1923—1926 | club3 = [Wales](/source/Wales_national_cricket_team) | year3 = 1927—1929 | club4 = [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) | year4 = 1931 | columns = 1 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 44 | runs1 = 599 | bat avg1 = 11.30 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 58 | deliveries1 = 5,773 | wickets1 = 90 | bowl avg1 = 33.43 | fivefor1 = 4 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/24 | catches/stumpings1 = 38/– | date = 10 July | year = 2008 | source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30574/30574.html }} '''Samuel Thornton Jagger''' (30 June 1904 – 30 May 1964) was a Welsh [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er who played on more than 40 occasions [between the wars](/source/interwar_period). He was later to work as a [housemaster](/source/housemaster) at [Lancing College](/source/Lancing_College).Obituary. ''[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 1965. Educated at [Malvern College](/source/Malvern_College), he captained the cricket eleven in both 1921 and 1922. His first-class debut came for [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) at [Weston-super-Mare](/source/Clarence_Park%2C_Weston-super-Mare) in August 1922. In a drawn match, Jagger took three first-innings wickets. {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10577.html |title=Somerset v Worcestershire in 1922 |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} He also played for Worcestershire, as well as [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club), the following season, but it was then discovered that his county qualification was invalid. During 1923, he made his only first-class half-century when he hit 58 for Cambridge against [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club). {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/10/10818.html |title=Essex v Cambridge University |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} Jagger played no first-class cricket in 1924, but in the two years thereafter he appeared regularly for Cambridge and won his [Blue](/source/University_Sporting_Blue). In early May 1925, he claimed his first five-wicket haul when he took 5–40 against [Sussex](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) at [Fenner's](/source/Fenner's). {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11436.html |title=Cambridge University v Sussex in 1925 |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} He also claimed five-wicket bags for Cambridge that season against [Free Foresters](/source/Free_Foresters_Cricket_Club) (taking nine in the match) and [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club), {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11508.html |title=Cambridge University v Free Foresters in 1925 |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11536.html |title=Cambridge University v Surrey in 1925 |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} the three bowling feats coming within a space of six weeks. He ended 1925 with 41 first-class wickets (his highest season's aggregate) [at 32.21](/source/bowling_average). The following year he picked up another 24 wickets, and achieved a career-best 5–24 against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/11/11800.html |title=Cambridge University v Yorkshire in 1926 |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} From 1927 and 1929, Jagger turned out for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_cricket_team), at that point playing a small number of first-class games each year, and played in the side's eight-wicket win over the touring [West Indians](/source/West_Indies_national_cricket_team). The game was dominated by 55-year-old [Sydney Barnes](/source/Sydney_Barnes)' 12 wickets, and the wicketless Jagger's personal contribution was limited to a first-innings 30. {{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/12/12812.html |title=Wales v West Indians in 1928 |accessdate=10 July 2008 |publisher=CricketArchive}} Jagger played a little [minor counties](/source/minor_counties) cricket for [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1930, but in 1931 returned for his final fling at first-class level, appearing three times without conspicuous success for Sussex. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *{{cricinfo|id=15638}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jagger, Samuel}} Category:Welsh cricketers Category:Sussex cricketers Category:Worcestershire cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:1904 births Category:1964 deaths Category:People from Llangollen Category:Sportspeople from Denbighshire Category:People educated at Malvern College Category:Denbighshire cricketers Category:Free Foresters cricketers Category:Wales cricketers Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Samuel Jagger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Jagger) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Jagger?action=history)). 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