Jack Short

John 'Jack' Francis Short (born 12 April 1951) is a former Irish first-class cricketer and civil servant.

Short was born at Cork in April 1951, where he was educated at Presentation Brothers College. After completing his secondary education, he studied mathematics and statistics at University College Cork. He played in Ireland's first ever List A match in 1980, when Ireland played Middlesex in the Gillette Cup. He played first-class and List A cricket for Ireland until 1980, making eleven appearances in first-class cricket and five in List A cricket. This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Scotland in 1975. In List A cricket, he scored 97 runs with a high score of 37.

His playing career for Ireland came to an end in 1984, when he accepted a position with the OECD in Paris.