Lives in Cricket No 22 - Jack Mercer

146 first-class cricket in India, 1926/27 49-52, 52 , 53-57 first-class cricket in Jamaica, 1928/29 66-68, 68 , 69 first-class cricket in UK 1919 21-22 1920 22-24 1921 24, 24 , 25-26 1922 28-30 1923 33-34, 35 1924 36-38, 38 , 39 1925 39-42, 42 , 43 1926 43-48 1927 57-62 1928 62-64 1929 70-76 1930 78-84 1931 84-86 1932 89-92 1933 93-95 1934 95-97, 97 , 98 1935 4 , 98-102 1936 101 , 102-106 1937 107-109 1938 109-111, 111 , 112, 113 1939 113-114, 114 , 115, 116 1947 121, 122 first first-class match 21 first marriage 24, 25 funeral 134 genial character 8, 9, 10, 12, 28, 38, 53, 82, 123, 126, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134 hat-trick 89-90 highest first-class score 95 hits 31 runs off over 9, 113, 114 horse racing 7, 11, 15, 51, 67, 76, 105, 132 ‘intelligence’ work 117 interest in magic and conjuring 10, 25, 53, 67, 69, 94, 129, 131 internment camp commander 118, 119 joins Glamorgan C.C.C. 25, 26, 27 last first-class match 121, 122 money 10, 11 net bowler at Hove 19 offends selectors 65, 66 physique 9 plays for Barry C.C. 28, 29, 32 plays for Cardiff C.C. 32, 33 plays for Northamptonshire C.C.C. 121, 122 plays for Players sides 23, 47, 57, 63, 96, 97 plays for Southwick C.C. 13, 15, 16, 19 plays for Sussex C.C.C. 21-24 postman 15 qualifies for Glamorgan 26-34 recovers after being wounded 18-19 Russian language 15, 117, 118 ‘Saucy Sally’ shot 10, 80 scores for Northamptonshire C.C.C. 129, 130 , 131-133, 134, 135 scouts for Northamptonshire C.C.C. 122, 123, 125, 126 second marriage 134 selected for MCC tour 49 senior professional at Glamorgan 88, 89 separates from first wife 87 superstition 9, 123 ten wickets in first-class innings 101, 103, 104 testimonial at Northamptonshire C.C.C. 129 visits Russia 15, 16 Wisden Cricketer of Year 48 wounded in battle 17-18 Mercer, Joseph (jockey) 132 Mercer, Kathrine (née Kemish) (second wife) 134, 134 Mercer, Mary (mother) 13, 14 , 15 Mercer, Melissa (niece) 10 Mercer, Santa Lorenza (née Green) (first wife) 24, 25, 25 , 87 Mercer, Stanley George (brother) 13 Mercer, Vera Constance (née Green) (sister-in-law) 87 Mercer, Victor William (brother) 13 Mercer, Wallace Ernest (brother) 13 Mercer, Walter (father) 7, 8 , 13, 14 , 15, 20, 106 Mercer, Winifred Catherine (sister) 13, 14 Merrett, Sir H.H. 110 Merson, Billy 94 Midland Bank Ltd 89 Mignon, Edward 27, 28 Milburn, Colin 126 Mills, P.T. 47, 121 Millward, Arthur 20, 21, 22 Mistri, K.M. 51 Mitchell, T.B. 84 Monmouthshire C.C.C. 43, 100, 105 Montchamp, France 119 Moore, R.H. 107 Morgan, A.Niel 73, 74 Morgan, J.Trevil 31 , 109, 110, 119 Morgan, J.H. (writer) 38, 78-79 Morgan, Thomas R. 31, 32, 35 Morgan, W.Guy 72, 73 Morris, H.M. (‘Whiz’) 81 Morrison, Sir William 68 Moss, R.H. 122 Mumbles, Glamorgan 62 Mushtaq Ali, Syed 106 Index