A right-handed batsman from Dublin,[2] he played twelve times for the Ireland cricket team between 1947 and 1959[3] including four first-class matches.
[6] Jacobson represented Trinity College on the Dublin University Cricket Club.
His religion also found him representing a British and Irish side at the Maccabean Games, where cricket has often featured.
[3] He played four times for Ireland in 1952, twice against India and once against Scotland,[3] before his final first-class match, against the MCC in Dublin.
[4] He played against the MCC in June 1953, followed by six years out of the Ireland team, returning for his final match in July 1959, against Yorkshire.