Jerry Ainsworth
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| Batting style | Unknown |
| Bowling type | Slow left arm orthodox |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 11 |
| Runs scored | 44 |
| Batting average | 4 |
| 100s/50s | -/- |
| Top score | 11 |
| Balls bowled | 1989 |
| Wickets | 50 |
| Bowling average | 15.82 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 5 |
| 10 wickets in match | 2 |
| Best Bowling | 7/61 |
| Catches/Stumpings | 7/- |
| First class debut: September 16, 1898 Last first class game: August 24, 1904 Source: [1] |
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Jerry Lionel Ainsworth was a first class cricketer. He was born on 11th September 1877 in Freshfield, Formby, Lancashire and died on 30th December 1923 in Falmouth, Cornwall. A slow left arm bowler, he took 50 first class wickets at just 15.82. He played 4 matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1899 and also appeared for PF Warner's XI in 1898, AJ Webbe's XI in 1900, HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1902 and the Europeans in India in 1904/05. His brother, George Ainsworth was also a first class cricketer. Ainsworth was no batsman but took 5 wickets in an innings 5 times, 4 of these against the Philadelphians, against whom he claimed his best figures of 7 for 61.
