Louis Jacobson died in Dublin on Friday, aged 95. He was a long-serving opening batsman with Trinity, Clontarf and Carlisle, and won 12 caps for Ireland.
He was a regular attendee at Ireland games and was also seen at the 2012 cup final in YMCA when Clontarf beat Pembroke.
He is reputed to have learnt the game by reading coaching manuals, and his excellent technique paid testament to the quality of those books!
He made 4,876 senior runs, mostly for Clontarf, at an average of 28.02. He won the Marchant Cup in 1959, scoring 492 runs at 49.20 including innings of 106*, 103 and 91 in succession.
His highest score 107* was made for Dublin University in 1940 against Pembroke in the cup.
He made 358 runs for Ireland, but his average was a mere 18.84. According to historian Edward Liddle "His figures, however, stand up well beside those of his contemporaries, all suffering from coming out of weekend cricket to play ageist county and touring side opposition."
He made an excellent unbeaten 101 against Scotland at Perth in 1950, "mixing sound defence with a wide array of strokes".
He also saved a game for Ireland against a Test strength Indian attack at Ormeau in 1952, making an undefeated 41.
Louis could be rather slow in the field, with one anecdote saying that former England captain Bob Wyatt once ran 6 to him at fine leg in an MCC v Ireland match at Lord's.
A doctor, Louis also played for the Britain and Ireland XI in the Maccabean Games in Israel.
His funeral was held today, Sunday, in Dolphin's Barn.