John Albert Young (14 October 1912 – 5 February 1993)[1] was an English cricketer, who played for Middlesex and England.
The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, commented, "the son of a music hall comic, Jack Young was a theatrical performer and extremely popular with spectators".
[1] Young was born in London, and was a slow left-arm spin bowler, who relied on accuracy and a flat delivery rather than flight.
Though his accuracy made him economical, and he bowled eleven consecutive maiden overs on his home Test debut at Trent Bridge against the 1948 Australians Don Bradman and Lindsay Hassett, then a world-record return, he appeared to lack the penetration to trouble the best batsmen.
His tally of 1,182 wickets for Middlesex is bettered by only Fred Titmus and Jim Sims since World War II.