Robert "Bob" Jackson
The elder brother of Mike who is still at Wrykyn when Mike arrives there, Bob is a strong bat but a nervous fielder. He finds himself in a difficult position in Mike, when he and his brother compete for the last two places in the school team. He later attends, and plays cricket for, Oxford.
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