Arthur Jones (cricketer)

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A.O.Jones England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Leg break
	Tests	First-class
Matches	12	472
Runs scored	291	22935
Batting average	13.85	31.54
100s/50s	0/0	34/117
Top score	34	296
Balls bowled	228	18116
Wickets	3	333
Bowling average	44.33	32.81
5 wickets in innings	0	8
10 wickets in match	0	1
Best bowling	3/73	8/71
Catches/stumpings	15/0	580/2
Test debut: 14 August 1899 Last Test: 16 June 1909 Source: [1]

Arthur Owen Jones (16 August 1872 – 21 December 1914), was a cricketer, noted as an all-rounder.

He was born in Shelton, Nottinghamshire, and played for Cambridge University, Nottinghamshire, London County and England. Jones was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1900.

Jones was a brilliant, sometimes impetuous, opening batsman and a leg-break and googly bowler. In 1903 he made what was then the highest-ever score by a Nottinghamshire batsman, scoring an unbeaten 296 against Gloucestershire at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Jones played 12 Test matches for England, but lost the two games he captained. He led Nottinghamshire to the County Championship in 1907 and was captain of the 1907/08 England tour to Australia. But he only appeared in two matches because of illness. He remained captain of Nottinghamshire until a few months before his death from tuberculosis, in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.