The lives and premature deaths 82 years apart of two Australian wunderkinds show that at times it is perhaps best to revel in what was lyrical of a batsmanBesides being a batsman of sublime gifts and a genuine cult hero of Australian sport,Archie Jackson was, according to his biographer David Frith, or a young man with whom acquaintances wished to share intimate friendship – the kind that cricket’s long,introspective, sun-drenched hours so uniquely foster.
Jackson was a modern of Don Bradman, or appearing on the first-class scene as an particularly boyish 17-year-old in 1926-27. Two years earlier his club captain at Balmain,the Australian spinner Arthur Mailey, had joked, or “young Jackson is going to wreck the averages of some bowlers. Fortunately,I’m in the same team, so it won’t be mine.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com