1. Malcolm Robert Jardine was an English first-class cricketer who played 46 matches, mainly for Oxford University.
21 Facts About Malcolm Jardine
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Malcolm Jardine played a few matches for Middlesex but later went to work in India, in effect ending his English first-class career.
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Malcolm Jardine played first-class cricket in India for the Europeans and after a successful legal career, returned to England.
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Malcolm Jardine was the second son of William Jardine, a barrister and later a judge in Allahabad who had a successful legal career before he died from cholera aged 32.
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Malcolm Jardine was educated at Fettes College, a boarding school in Edinburgh, making it into the school cricket team for four consecutive years.
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Malcolm Jardine established a good reputation and was appointed captain of the side in 1888.
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Malcolm Jardine made his first-class debut for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England.
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Malcolm Jardine had some success with his bowling, taking five wickets for 78 in a Surrey total of 614.
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Malcolm Jardine played in the University Match but failed to score in either innings and Oxford lost heavily.
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Malcolm Jardine scored 218 runs at an average of 14.53 and did not bowl.
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Malcolm Jardine further improved his aggregate and average with 255 runs at an average of 18.21, and took two wickets for five runs in the only innings in which he bowled.
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Malcolm Jardine only took part in three games before the University Match, although in the last of these he scored 60 against Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.
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Malcolm Jardine hit 39 in the second innings as Oxford chased down a target to win for the only time in his University career.
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Malcolm Jardine played six matches, but scored just 102 runs and averaged 12.75 with the bat; hitting a highest score of 32 not out.
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Malcolm Jardine played in the annual Presidency Match against the Parsees between 1894 and 1902, only missing the 1899 and 1901 games.
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Malcolm Jardine scored just one fifty in eight matches, but his batting was admired by critics.
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In 1893, Malcolm Jardine was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1893.
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Malcolm Jardine returned to India, where he practised at the Bombay Bar until 1916.
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Malcolm Jardine was Perry Professor of Jurisprudence and Roman Law from 1898 to 1902 and then Principal of the Government Law School until 1903.
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Malcolm Jardine took an interest in the Surrey team, becoming a member and later a vice-president.
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Malcolm Jardine's wife died in 1936 while Jardine died in South Kensington on 16 January 1947.