Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman)

Ernie Jones

Jones 2nd right (Back row) pictured with the 1896 Australia national cricket team

Cricket information

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm fast

International information

National side

Australian

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	19	144
Runs scored	126	2390
Batting average	5.04	13.13
100s/50s	0/0	0/7
Top score	20	82
Balls bowled	3754
Wickets	64	641
Bowling average	29.01	22.83
5 wickets in innings	3	47
10 wickets in match	1	9
Best bowling	7/88	8/39
Catches/stumpings	21/0	107/0

Source: Cricinfo

Ernest Jones (30 September 1869, Auburn, South Australia – 23 November 1943, Magill, South Australia) was an Australian sportsman, playing Test cricket and Australian rules football.

Jones played 19 Tests from 1894 to 1902 and represented Port Adelaide, North Adelaide and South Adelaide Football Clubs.^[1] Nicknamed Jonah, Jones was one of the best and fastest bowlers of his time, initially erratic but subsequently gaining control of line and length to good effect. Jones worked as a customs officer, and one of his claims to fame as a cricketer was that he was known as 'The man who bowled a ball through W. G. Grace's Beard' and was reputed to have broken Stanley Jackson's ribs.^[2]

His action was controversial and complained about in both England (in 1896) and Australia. Umpire Jim Phillips was given the job of enforcing the laws against illegal actions which had once more crept into the game in the late 1890s. Jones was first no-balled in a match between South Australia and the visiting English side in 1897/98. Phillips again no-balled him once in the 2nd Test of that series, Jones thus becoming the first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test match.

Sources

Krueger, G. (2011) South Adelaide Football Club 1897 - 1907, Self-Published: Adelaide.

References

↑ Krueger, p. 4.
↑ "The best fast bowler". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1944.

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)

1850–51: Antill 1851–52: Henty 1852–53: – 1853–54: McDowall 1854–55: – 1855–56: Elliott/McKone 1856–57: Wills 1857–58: Wills 1858–59: Wills 1859–60: Richardson/Wills 1860–61: Cosstick 1861–62: Bennett 1862–63: Lawrence 1863–64: Grace 1864–65: – 1865–66: Conway/Cosstick 1866–67: Gregory 1867–68: Wills 1868–69: Cosstick 1869–70: Cosstick 1870–71: Reid 1871–72: Allan 1872–73: Cosstick 1873–74: – 1874–75: Coates 1875–76: Evans 1876–77: Shaw 1877–78: Evans 1878–79: Emmett 1879–80: Cooper 1880–81: Evans 1881–82: Palmer 1882–83: Palmer 1883–84: Palmer 1884–85: Peel 1885–86: Spofforth 1886–87: Turner 1887–88: Turner 1888–89: Ferris 1889–90: Trumble 1890–91: Phillips 1891–92: Giffen 1892–93: Giffen 1893–94: Turner 1894–95: Giffen 1895–96: McKibbin 1896–97: McKibbin 1897–98: Jones 1898–99: Jones 1899–1900: Noble

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 156204544

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Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman)

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