Jack Massie
Source: CricketArchive, 6 February 1914
Robert John 'Jack' Allwright Massie DSO (8 July 1890 – 14 February 1966) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played with New South Wales and represented them in the Sheffield Shield.
Massie also served in World War I as an officer in the Australian Imperial Force, seeing action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France. Injuries sustained in the war ended his cricket career, but he had a successful business career, principally with British American Tobacco.
Read more about Jack Massie: Early Sporting Achievements, First-class Cricketer, World War I Campaign, Business Career, Personal Life
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