Dirk Jackson

{{Short description|South African rugby union player and cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dirk Jackson

| image = Springboks london 1906.jpg

| caption = The 1906–07 Springboks. Jackson is sitting on the ground, second from right.

| country = South Africa

| fullname = Dirk Cloete Jackson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|4|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Alphen Farm, Constantia, Cape Town, Cape Colony

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|9|17|1885|4|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Silkaatsnek Farm, near Brits, Transvaal, South Africa

| batting =

| bowling =

| role = All-rounder

| family =

| club1 = Western Province

| year1 = 1908–09 to 1910–11

| club2 = Transvaal

| year2 = 1912–13

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 277

| bat avg1 = 17.31

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 59

| deliveries1 = 820

| wickets1 = 23

| bowl avg1 = 17.04

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/36

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/0

| date = 17 December 2020

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/45706.html Cricinfo

}}

Dirk Cloete Jackson (21 April 1885 – 17 September 1976) was a South African rugby union player and cricketer.

Jackson was born on a farm on the outskirts of Cape Town and was educated nearby at Diocesan College.{{cite web |url = https://saschoolsports.co.za/rugby-schools-with-the-most-springboks/| title = Rugby: Schools with the most Springboks| publisher = SA School Sports| accessdate =19 December 2020}} A halfback, he played three of the five international matches on the Springboks' first tour of the British Isles in 1906–07.{{cite web |url = http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/1838.html| title = Dirk Jackson| publisher = ESPN Scrum| accessdate =20 December 2020}} He was the last survivor of that touring team.Wisden 1978, p. 1085.

Jackson played first-class cricket for Western Province and Transvaal from 1909 to 1913.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3034/3034.html| title = Dirk Jackson| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =20 December 2020}} He was a member of the Western Province team that won all three matches in the 1908–09 Currie Cup and finished first. He took his best bowling figures during the season: 4 for 36 and 2 for 20 in the innings victory over Eastern Province.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7781.html| title = Western Province v Eastern Province 1908–09| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =20 December 2020}} He made his highest score of 59 against Orange Free State two years later.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8352.html | title = Orange Free State v Western Province 1910–11| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =20 December 2020}}

He died at his farm near Pretoria in 1976, aged 91.