How to Pronounce Jack Oakes (cricketer)
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Mar 29, 1916 Died on 04 Jul 1997 (aged 81)
English cricketer
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About Jack Oakes Cricketer
- John Ypres ("Jack") Oakes (29 March 1916 – 4 July 1997) was an English cricketer active from 1937 to 1969 who played for Sussex.
- He was born in Horsham and died in Hexham.
- He appeared in 128 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled off breaks (OB).
- He scored 4,410 runs with a highest score of 151, one of two centuries, and took 166 wickets with a best performance of seven for 64.
- Oakes had a long association with club cricket and became a groundsman after he retired as a player, serving for many years at Formica Ltd in Tynemouth, as well as the broader De La Rue group, where Robin Marlar also made his mark..
- He was the younger brother of Charles Oakes.
