Archie Jackson (1909–1933) was an Australian cricketer who played eight
Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. His Test
and first-class cricket career coincided with the early playing years
of Don Bradman, to whom he was often compared. A teenage prodigy, he
played first grade cricket at only 15 years of age and was selected for
New South Wales at 17. In 1929, aged 19, Jackson made his Test début
against England, scoring 164 in the first innings to become the
youngest player to score a Test century. Renowned for his elegant
batting style, he played in a manner similar to the great Australian
batsmen Victor Trumper, and Alan Kippax, Jackson's friend and mentor.
Jackson's career was dogged by poor health; early in the 1931–32
season, Jackson coughed blood and collapsed before the start of play in
a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. Subsequently admitted to a
sanatorium in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Jackson was diagnosed
with tuberculosis. In an attempt to improve his health and to be closer
to his girlfriend, Jackson moved to Brisbane. Ignoring medical advice,
Jackson returned to cricket with a local team; however, his health
continued to deteriorate and he died at the age of just 23.
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1774:
In response to the British Parliament enacting the Intolerable Acts,
representatives from twelve of Britain's North American colonies
convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in
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1905:
Under the mediation of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt , the
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1914:
World War I: The First Battle of the Marne began with French forces
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1945:
Cold War: Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko defected to Canada with
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1972:
A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" took hostage
eleven Israeli athletes and coaches at the Olympic Summer Games in
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