Cricketers XI with their birthday on 14 October

#9 Jack Young

Young (back row – 1st from right) with the Middlesex team in 1947 (Image Credit: ESPNCricinfo)

Jack Young was an English cricketer who played 8 Tests for his country in the late 1940s. The left-arm spinner was born on 14 October 1912 in St John’s Wood district of London, which is in the vicinity of the iconic Lord’s cricket ground.

While Young was unable to create much of an impression in international cricket with just 17 wickets at 44.52, he was a legend in first-class cricket with 1361 wickets in 341 matches at an average of under 20. Jack Young’s best performance in Tests was a 3 for 65 against New Zealand in his final innings.