Archie Jackson's Signed Match-Used Bat

An Archie Jackson Match-Used Bat: A full-sized Stuart Surridge 'Archie Jackson' branded bat, actually signed on the reverse by Jackson with 'Austn XI' beneath his signature. An Australian XI played The Rest in February 1926, the team including Jackson, Kippax and Richardson, as a benefit for Charlie Macartney. The match raised £2598 and the Australian XI won by 7 wickets. Archibald 'Archie' Jackson (1909 - 1933), played eight Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1929 and 1931. A teenage prodigy, he played first grade cricket at only 15 years of age and was selected for New South Wales at 17. In 1929, aged 19, Jackson made his Test debut against England, scoring 164 runs in the first innings to become the youngest player to score a Test century. Early in the 1931 - 32 season, Jackson coughed blood and collapsed before the start of play in a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland. Subsequently admitted to a sanatorium in the Blue Mountains, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In an attempt to improve his health and to be closer to his girlfriend, Jackson moved to Brisbane. Ignoring medical advice, he returned to cricket with a local team; however, his health continued to deteriorate and he died at the age of just 23. It is speculated that, had he lived, he may have rivalled Don Bradman as a batsman