10 greatest cricketers from Somerset

#6 Jack White

Jack White is considered one of the best left-arm spinners Somerset cricket has ever produced. Apart from that, he was no mug with the bat either. Coming lower down the order, he played some useful knocks for England and Somerset.

In first-class cricket, he is currently Somerset’s all-time highest wicket-taker with 2,355 wickets in 472 games at an economy of just over two. In 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929 and 1938, he turned out to be the county’s highest wicket-taker in one season.

He also holds Somerset’s record for the best bowling figures of 16/83 against Worcestershire in 1919. In 15 Tests, he picked up 49 wickets and also scored 239 runs. He died in 1961 at the age of 70.