# Mike — Character guide

> Key figures in Mike by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Mike Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mike_jackson.md): A natural-born cricketer whose genius at the crease can't quite outweigh his genius for being late, idle, and reported on, forcing a move from Wrykyn to Sedleigh.
- [Psmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/psmith.md): Mike's monocled, silver-tongued Sedleigh ally, who philosophizes through crises, borrows jam on credit, and quietly turns out to have been an Eton cricket prospect himself.
- [Bob Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/bob_jackson.md): Mike's elder brother and Wrykyn cricket hero, whose well-meant advice to steer clear of Wyatt lands with all the tact of a bouncer to the ribs.
- [Wyatt Burgess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/wyatt_burgess.md): The artistic, rule-bending Wrykyn friend whose cheerful disregard for authority makes him exactly the sort of companion Bob warns Mike against.
- [Mr. Downing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_downing.md): Sedleigh's suspicious housemaster, whose portrait of his dog becomes the flashpoint for a war of denial, evidence, and unexpected confession.
- [Adair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/adair.md): Sedleigh's fiercely devoted cricket captain, who has sweated since childhood to lift the school's fortunes and needs Mike's batting to do it.
- [Mr. Wain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_wain.md): A master at Wrykyn who teaches classics and has a run-in with Mike.
- [Jellicoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/jellicoe.md): Jellicoe is the schoolboy who owes Mike a debt of gratitude and cannot resist talking about it, even when silence would serve everyone better. Confined to the house with a bad ankle, he becomes an accidental witness and 
- [The Headmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/headmaster.md): The stern headmaster of Wrykyn who expels Mike after the boat-house incident.
- [Neville-Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/neville_smith.md): A Wrykyn student who is a rival for the cricket team.
- [Mr. Outwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_outwood.md): Mr. Outwood is the mild, slightly absent-minded housemaster who claims credit for Mike's arrival at Sedleigh and beams over his athletic promise. His kindly, uncritical manner contrasts with the school's stricter authori
- [Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/stone.md): A Sedleigh student who is a friend of Jellicoe.
- [Trevor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/trevor.md): A Wrykyn student and friend of Wyatt who helps with the cricket team.
- [Mr. Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_jackson.md): Mike and Bob's father, a former Cambridge cricketer.
- [Firby-Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/firby_smith.md): A Wrykyn student and member of the cricket team.
- [Appleby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/appleby.md): A master at Wrykyn who is the target of a prank by Wyatt.
- [Marjory Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/marjory_jackson.md): Mike's younger sister who writes him letters.
- [Spence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/spence.md): A master at Wrykyn who coaches cricket.
- [Saunders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/saunders.md): A servant at Wrykyn who assists the students.
- [Comrade Robinson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/comrade_robinson.md): A Sedleigh student and member of the fire brigade.
- [Spiller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/spiller.md): A Sedleigh student who is a friend of Jellicoe.
- [Billy Burgess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/billy_burgess.md): Wyatt's father, a local artist and friend of the Jackson family.
- [Barnes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/barnes.md): A Wrykyn student and member of the cricket team.
- [Dunster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/dunster.md): A Sedleigh student and member of the fire brigade.
- [Mr. Seymour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_seymour.md): A master at Wrykyn who is the head of Mike's house.
- [Marsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/marsh.md): A Wrykyn student and member of the cricket team.
- [Mr. Barley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_barley.md): A master at Wrykyn who teaches mathematics.
- [Mr. Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/mr_smith.md): A master at Sedleigh who teaches classics.
- [Clowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/clowes.md): A Wrykyn student and member of the cricket team.
- [Sergeant Collard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/sergeant_collard.md): A police sergeant who investigates the boat-house incident.
- [Joe Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/joe_jackson.md): Mike's cousin who plays cricket for Cambridge.
- [Strachan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/strachan.md): A Wrykyn student and member of the cricket team.
- [Willoughby Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/willoughby_brown.md): A Sedleigh student who is a member of the fire brigade.
- [Constable Butt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/constable_butt.md): A police constable who assists in the investigation.
- [Young Barlitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mike_se/characters/young_barlitt.md): A Sedleigh student who is a member of the fire brigade.

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