Peter Jones (cricketer, born 1935)

Peter Jones
Personal information
Full name Peter Henry Jones
Born 19 June 1935
Woolwich, London, England
Died 29 December 2007 (aged 72)
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953–1967 Kent
1961 Marylebone Cricket Club
1978–1981 Suffolk
First class debut July 29 1953 Kent v Yorkshire
Last First class August 26 1967 Kent v Warwickshire
List-A debut May 22 1963 Kent v Sussex
Last List-A July 11 1981 Suffolk v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition FC List-A
Matches 141 6
Runs scored 4196 118
Batting average 20.98 19.66
100s/50s 2/15 0/1
Top score 132 73
Balls bowled 17098 282
Wickets 231 3
Bowling average 28.35 51.33
5 wickets in innings 6 0
10 wickets in match 1 -
Best bowling 6/41 2/39
Catches/stumpings 99/0 2/0
Source: Cricket Archive, September 10 2009

Peter Henry Jones (June 19, 1935 – December 29, 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent between 1953 and 1967, and then one-day cricket for Suffolk between 1978 and 1981.[1] A middle-order left-hand batsman, and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 matches, where he scored 4,196 runs and took 231 wickets.

Following career best bat and ball figures in 1961, his form fell away, and he played his last match for Kent in 1967. He then played for Suffolk in Minor Counties cricket, making 3,853 runs and taking 297 wickets in career that lasted into the 1980s, and which included one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup.[2] He also played football for Hastings United.

He suffered from cancer in later life, dying in 2007.[1]

Suffolk team mate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the East Anglican Daily Times that Jones was "could bowl well in all sorts of conditions... He was a master of containment and I would call on him to break up a partnership if a match was running away from us. Much of our success was brought about by having three good spinners in the team and Peter's role was very important."[3]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Player Profile: Peter Henry Jones". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  2. "Player Profile: Peter Henry Jones". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  3. "Kent allrounder Peter Jones dies". CricInfo. January 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-10.

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