In the last of his series on Derbyshire’s ‘fast men’, Barry M Marsden looks at the prolific partnership that was Gladwin and Jackson.
A PRESCIENT HAND once wrote: ‘Some talk of Trueman and Tyson, and some of Statham and Loader, but of all the pace bowlers of the 1950s, none were more dreaded than Gladwin and Jackson in their prime.’ Many experts believe that this formidable opening pairing were the best ever to represent Derbyshire, and certainly few opposition batsmen relished a visit to the crease when this duo were operating…