Jack Dyson
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Jack Dyson was both an English first class cricketer and a professional footballer.
He started his sporting career as a footballer and spent four seasons with Manchester City during which time he played 62 matches and scored 26 goals. One of those goals came in their 1956 FA Cup Final
victory over Birmingham.
After leaving football he concentrated on his cricketing career, which had already began while he was with Manchester City. A right-handed batsman and handy offspinner, he made his first class debut in 1954, playing with Lancashire. He earned his Lancashire Cap two years later, the same year that he had won his FA Cup winner's medal. He scored what would be his only first class hundred, 118 not out against Scotland and played in an unusual victory over Leicestershire as it was achieved without losing a wicket.
Dyson was a controversial figure throughout his career, he was a free spirit and it ended up costing him his job at Lancashire. In 1960 the Lancashire committee charged him with "a serious breach of discipline and an act of insubordination and insolence to the captain".
For the next three years Dyson played with Staffordshire and in league cricket. In September 1963 the Lancashire committee was overthrown and Dyson returned to the county for two more seasons.
He started his sporting career as a footballer and spent four seasons with Manchester City during which time he played 62 matches and scored 26 goals. One of those goals came in their 1956 FA Cup Final
1956 FA Cup Final
The 1956 FA Cup Final was the final match of the 1955–56 staging of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. The showpiece event was contested between Manchester City and Birmingham City at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday...
victory over Birmingham.
After leaving football he concentrated on his cricketing career, which had already began while he was with Manchester City. A right-handed batsman and handy offspinner, he made his first class debut in 1954, playing with Lancashire. He earned his Lancashire Cap two years later, the same year that he had won his FA Cup winner's medal. He scored what would be his only first class hundred, 118 not out against Scotland and played in an unusual victory over Leicestershire as it was achieved without losing a wicket.
Dyson was a controversial figure throughout his career, he was a free spirit and it ended up costing him his job at Lancashire. In 1960 the Lancashire committee charged him with "a serious breach of discipline and an act of insubordination and insolence to the captain".
For the next three years Dyson played with Staffordshire and in league cricket. In September 1963 the Lancashire committee was overthrown and Dyson returned to the county for two more seasons.