Alfred Jeacocke
Alfred Jeacocke was an English cricketer who played as an amateur for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1920 to 1934. An injury to Jack Hobbs gave him his chance to play regularly, and he scored over 1,000 runs in his first full season. His career was almost ended over a challenge to his qualification to play for Surrey in 1922. Outside of cricket, Jeacocke worked in the family business at Smithfield Market.
During 1922, when he hit his highest firstclass score of 201, Jeacocke was involved in a controversy over his registration to play for Surrey. He was born outside of the county of Surrey, but qualified to play for the team through having lived there long enough to be eligible. In August, Kent questioned his qualification on the grounds that he technically lived in Kenthis house was within the Kent boundary, although the other side of the road fell within Surrey. The situation arose through a housing shortage when Jeacocke married in 1920, there were no suitable houses for him and his wife, so his father lent him a house rentfree. Jeacocke missed the remainder of the season, but Percy Fender, the county captain, defended him in the press and pointed out that the letter of the law meant that Jeacocke would have to requalify, making him ineligible until 1924. Kent were probably driven by Lord Harris, the influential treasurer of the MCC and chairman of Kent. During the same season, Harris
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