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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Jack Mervyn Pritchard
| birth_date = 19 May 1895
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1936|11|17|1895|5|19}}
| death_place = [[Kensington]], [[London]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year1 = 1919
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 36
| bat avg1 = 18.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 22[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 390
| wickets1 = 7
| bowl avg1 = 25.28
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/45
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 4 April
| year = 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19074.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Jack Mervyn Pritchard''' (19 May 1895 – 17 November 1936) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of John Arthur Pritchard, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Chennai|Madras]] in May 1895. He was educated in England at [[Charterhouse School]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910 |date=1911 |publisher=Chiswick Press |pages=830 |volume=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/charterhouseregi02charuoft/page/830/mode/2up/search/pritchard |language=en}}</ref> Instead of progressing straight to university from Chaterhouse, Pritchard instead served in the [[British Army]] during the [[First World War]], being commissioned as a [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] with the [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]] in August 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28876|date=21 August 1914|page=6604}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in October 1914,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29274|date=24 August 1915|page=8497|supp=y}}</ref> with promotion to the full rank coming in April 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29807|date=27 October 1916|page=10532|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in May 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30056|date=8 May 1917|page=4436|supp=y}}</ref>

Following the war, Pritchard went up to [[Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose College]] at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford University Calendar |date=1937 |publisher=University of Oxford |pages=465 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dl4w2AqKYc8C |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1919, playing against the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]] and [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32194/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Jack Pritchard |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-04-03 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 36 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 22 [[not out]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32194/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jack Pritchard |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-04-03 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> while with the ball he took 7 wickets with best figures of 4 for 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32194/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Jack Pritchard |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-04-03 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Pritchard died at [[Kensington]] in November 1936.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=19074}}

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