Charles Keith Quentin Jackman (4 February 1906 – 23 February 1988) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Auckland between 1935 and 1942 and represented New Zealand in 1935–36.
A wicket-keeper, known for his "uncanny speed in effecting stumpings", Jackman made his first-class debut for South Island against North Island in 1934–35, making one catch and four stumpings.North Island v South Island 1934-35 The next season, playing in the Plunket Shield for Canterbury against Wellington, he set a New Zealand record when he made seven stumpings in the match, six of them off the leg-spin of Bill Merritt.Wisden 1989, p. 1165.Wellington v Canterbury 1935–36 The record still stood in 2021.Francis Payne & Ian Smith, eds, 2021 New Zealand Cricket Almanack, Upstart Press, Takapuna, 2021, p. 368. Later in 1935–36 he was selected for two of the four matches New Zealand played against the touring MCC.Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 136–39.
Jackman was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch,Tony McCarron, New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64 – 2010, ACS, Cardiff, 2010, p. 73. and Canterbury College, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1928. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in December 1928. He then studied accountancy in Christchurch, and qualified as an accountant in early 1933. He married Cecil Vivian Addison McConnell in Auckland in September 1937.
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