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Team of the Century

Jack Ellis Wicket Keeper / Batsman (1917 – 1932)

Ellis, John Leslie "Jack"
b: 9 May 1890
d: 26 July 1974

“Happy Jack” Ellis played for Prahran from 1917 to 1932 – a total of 118 1st XI games. Jack was a Victorian and an Australian representative player. He kept wickets in our 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23 Victory Cup Premiership sides and in 1919 won the batting average. “Happy Jack” was cheerful, vibrant and dedicated man whose service spilled into the committee room. He was also a Life Member at Prahran.

Wisden Cricinfo Profile
John Leslie Ellis, who died on July 28, aged 83, was deputy wicketkeeper to Bert Oldfield during the 1926 Australians' tour of England. Playing in only 13 matches, he took 21 catches and made 23 stumpings; it was not his destiny to play for his country in a Test. He made his debut for Victoria in 1918, and played in 48 Sheffield Shield matches, including that at Melbourne in 1926-27, against New South Wales, when Victoria piled up 1107, still the world record. Ellis made the runs that took his side past the thousand and past the existing record of 1059 - also by Victoria, four years previously. `Long live Victoria!' he shouted each time. At the age of 44 he was a member of the veteran Australian team which undertook a four-month tour of India in 1935-36 under Jack Ryder's captaincy. He was a good enough batsman to score a century off South Australia and his animated outlook made him one of the `characters' of Australian cricket between the wars. The Cricketer, October 1974

Ellis, John Leslie "Jack"				b: 9/5/1890			d: 26/7/1974
	Club	M	I	NO	R	HS	Avg	100	50	R	W	Avg	BB	5wi	10wm	Ct/St
1917-18	Prah	11	14	3	218	38	19.81	-	-	did not bowl						6/9
1918-19	Prah	11	12	1	97	26	8.81	-	-	did not bowl						11/5
1919-20	Prah	7	7	2	340	129*	68.00	2	-	did not bowl						5/4
1920-21	Prah	11	12	1	263	106	23.90	1	-	did not bowl						17/11
1921-22	Prah	10	11	2	207	54	23.00	-	1	did not bowl						9/6
1922-23	Prah	10	11	4	284	65	40.57	-	1	did not bowl						7/11
1923-24	Prah	10	12	2	142	30	14.20	-	-	did not bowl						6/15
1924-25	Prah	4	5	3	108	58	54.00	-	1	did not bowl						4/4
1925-26	Prah	3	3	0	19	11	6.33	-	-	16	2	8	2/16	-	-	3/3
1926-27	Prah	2	2	0	69	56	34.50	-	1	did not bowl						5/4
1927-28	Prah	5	4	0	87	50	21.75	-	1	did not bowl						3/5
1928-29	Prah	5	4	0	22	19	5.50	-	-	did not bowl						2/6
1929-30	Prah	8	8	0	74	21	9.25	-	-	did not bowl						2/2
1930-31	Prah	12	9	1	188	46	23.50	-	-	did not bowl						5/7
1931-32	Prah	9	8	0	60	19	7.50	-	-	did not bowl						7/7
		118	122	19	2178	129*	21.14	3	5	16	2	8.00	2/16	-	-	92/99