Researching Will Jacks
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 681 people with the Jacks surname? In that year Jacks was ranked number 2899 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Will means "Form of WILLIAM. resolute guardian" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Will Jacks on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Will Jacks and the Jacks Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 968 people with the Jacks surname in the UK? Jacks is now ranked number 3132 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Will Jacks
Will Jacks
William George Jacks (born 21 November 1998) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and off spin bowler. He made his List A debut on 18 May 2018 for Surrey against Somerset in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup. In his third game, in the same competition, he scored a match-winning 121 against Gloucestershire. Prior to his List A debut, he was in the England squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he played all six games, including the last as captain.
He made his first-class debut on 20 June 2018, for Surrey in the 2018 County Championship. He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2018 t20 Blast on 5 July 2018. In a pre-season T10 match against Lancashire, Jacks scored a century in 25 balls, believed to be the fastest hundred in a match between two professional teams. His century also included six sixes in one over.
On 29 May 2020, Jacks was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.
In June 2021, Jacks scored English cricket's third fastest Twenty20 fifty, off 15 balls, as Surrey beat local rivals Middlesex.
In July 2021, Jacks was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan, after the original squad for the tour was forced to withdraw following positive tests for COVID-19.
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