He quickly won the respect of his players and in his first season as captain, Derbyshire moved up to finish 11th, winning six games.
[3] In the winter of 1926–27, Jackson had toured South America with a Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) party, which was captained by Plum Warner .
In a game against Argentina in Buenos Aires which MCC won by an innings and 12 runs, Jackson hit 73 his highest score of the tour.
[4] After leading Derbyshire in 220 matches, Jackson gave up the club captaincy at the end of the 1930 season, handing over to Arthur Walker Richardson who took the team to the top.
Jackson played occasionally until the 1936 season, his final first-class appearance for Derbyshire being in July against the Indian tourists in a rain-affected draw.