{"id":60659,"date":"2020-08-13T10:17:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/nc-cricket-pays-tribute-20200811-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:38:29","slug":"nc-cricket-pays-tribute-20200811-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/nc-cricket-pays-tribute-20200811-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Cricket pays tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Northern Cape Cricket and the sporting community of Kimberley mourned the passing of one of its favou\u00adrite sons Cecil Jacobs on 4 August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacobs was an attacking right-handed batsman who had gone through all the ranks as a youngster to finally represent the South African Coloured Cricket Association National Team in 1967. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_fb30ef4d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cecil Jacobs\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10401\/20fca1532a574fad8058b526b23f052d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7cd77bf9a9e34010b186c03ec1ce2498.jpg\" title=\"Cecil Jacobs\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Cecil Jacobs<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this team he was joined by Abe Williams, Roland Kader (vice-captain) and Tommy Gertze from Kimberley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He played most of his club cricket for the Kimberley Wanderers and represented Griqualand West at provincial level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacobs was also an English teacher at the William Pescod High School and later an English lecturer at the Perseverance Training College where he had a huge influence on an academic level on students from all over South Africa. 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