Jack Sharp

For other people with similar names, see Jack Sharp (disambiguation).

Jack Sharp

Personal information
Date of birth	(1878-02-15)February 15, 1878
Place of birth	Hereford, England
Date of death
Place of death	Liverpool, England
Position(s)	Outside-right
Youth career
	Hereford Thistle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1897–1899	Aston Villa	23	(15)
1899–1910	Everton	300	(68)
International career
1903–1905	England	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jack Sharp

File:1193388 Jack Sharp.jpg
Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 3 534 Runs scored 188 22715 Batting average 47.00 31.11 100s/50s 1/1 38/117 Top score 105 211 Balls bowled 183 22063 Wickets 3 441 Bowling average 37.00 27.41 5 wickets in innings - 18 10 wickets in match - 3 Best bowling 3/67 9/77 Catches/stumpings 1/- 236/-
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John "Jack" Sharp (15 February 1878, Hereford – 28 January 1938, Wavertree, Liverpool) was an English sportsman who is most famous for his eleven season playing career at Everton F.C. from 1899-1910 which saw him win two caps for his country as well as being a cricketer for Lancashire who played in 3 Tests for England in 1909.

From 1899 to 1914 he played cricket regularly for Lancashire and played in every match of 1904 when the Championship was won without a defeat. After the War he played as an amateur and captained the Lancashire side from 1923 to 1925.

His position on the football pitch was right winger. After being signed from Aston Villa Sharp went on to be a Championship runner-up on three occasions with Everton, scored a goal in the club's 2–1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the 1907 FA Cup Final and was an FA Cup winner one year previously against Newcastle United. His portrait appeared on 14 editions of cigarette packets, the mark of a popular sportsman at the time.

When his playing career ended, Sharp became a director of Everton, a position he held for many years. He started a sports shop in Whitechapel Liverpool, which existed until the 1980s before being taken over by JJB Sports and later closed. There was also a shop in Chester, within the Grosvenor Precinct. His shop was the official supplier of playing strips to both Everton and Liverpool for many years.

His brother, Bertram, was also a footballer with Aston Villa, Everton and Southampton who later became a director of Everton as well as a cricketer with Herefordshire County Cricket Club.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jack Taylor	Everton captain 1908-1910	Succeeded by Harry Makepeace

See also

• List of English cricket and football players