Alfred Louis Stewart Jackson (28 February 1904 – 23 July 1982) was an Argentinian and Chilean cricketer. A right-handed

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and

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and

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, and also played

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for a combined South America side and for Argentina. His elder brother

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played for

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Playing career

Jackson played one match for Chile,
at CricketArchive a three-day match against Argentina in 1925. Opening the batting with his brother, he scored 109 in the Chile first innings, but this wasn't enough to prevent Argentina winning by 320 runs. He eventually moved to

and played his first North v South match there in February 1932, a fixture he would play in nine times in total. In the

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, he toured with a combined

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side, playing first-class matches against

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, Leicestershire, Sir J Cahn's XI, Sussex and

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.First-class matches played by Alfred Jackson
at Cricket Archive He topped the batting averages on the tour, and his innings of 78 against Julien Cahn's XI was his highest career first-class score. Returning to Argentina, he played three further first-class matches, this time for Argentina in 1937/38, against Sir TEW Brinckman's XI. Argentina drew the series 1-1, with Jackson captaining the Argentina team. He played his final internationals for Argentina on a tour of Chile in December 1938. Argentina won both matches, the second of which saw Jackson playing against his brother John, who was playing for Chile.Scorecard
of Chile v Argentina, 29 December 1938 at Cricket Archive

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Alfred Argentine cricketers Chilean cricketers Sportspeople from Viña del Mar 1904 births 1982 deaths Argentine people of British descent Chilean people of British descent Chilean emigrants to Argentina South Americans cricketers