Jack Malden

William Jack Malden (14 May 1899 – 23 November 1963) was an English cricketer. Malden was a right-handed batsman. He played mainly for Sussex County Cricket Club.

Jack Malden
Personal information
Full name
William Jack Malden
Born14 May 1899
Ticehurst, Sussex, England
Died23 November 1963(1963-11-23) (aged 64)
Newbury, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsEustace Malden (father)[upper-alpha 1]
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920–1922Sussex
1921Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 24
Runs scored 624
Batting average 17.82
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 100
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 May 2013

Malden was born at Ticehurst in Sussex and educated at Haileybury College where he played cricket for the college team between 1914 and 1917, captaining it in his final year.[2] He played for Lord's Schools against The Rest in 1917[3] and was described as a "good batsman who was also a fine field".[2] After World War I he went up on Cambridge University.

His first-class cricket debut for Sussex came against Leicestershire in the 1920 County Championship,[4] He made nine further first-class appearances during the 1920 season. During the 1921 season Malden played his only first-class match for Cambridge University against the British Army as well as making eleven appearances for Sussex[4] He scored his only first-class century during the season against Warwickshire. He made two further appearances for Sussex in the 1922 County Championship against Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.[4]

Malden died at Kingston Warren near Newbury in Berkshire in November 1963 aged 64.[5] His father Eustace Malden also played first-class cricket as did his father's cousin Ernest Malden.[upper-alpha 1]

Notes
  1. CricketArchive lists two fathers for Jack Malden: Ernest Malden and Eustace Malden. Jack is also listed as "son" on both of their CricketArchive profiles. The 1901 census lists one William J Malden born in 1899 and living in Sussex with his parents Eustace and Eva in Sussex. It seems reasonable to assume, therefore, that Eustace is Jack's father and Ernest his father's cousin.[1]

References
  1. 1901 census search, Ancestry.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. Noel EB (1918) Public school cricket in 1917, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1918, p.160.
  3. Noel op. cit., pp.153–154.
  4. Jack Malden, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. William Malden, CricInfo. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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