James Jones (cricketer)

Jimmy Jones
Personal information
Full name James M Jones
Batting style Left-handed
Role Batsman, wicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
192223 Somerset
192829 Glamorgan
1929 Wales
First-class debut 26 August 1922 Somerset v Warwickshire
Last First-class 12 July 1929 Wales v South Africans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 27
Runs scored 846
Batting average 18.80
100s/50s /6
Top score 75
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 27/13
Source: CricketArchive, 28 February 2011

James M Jones, known as Jimmy Jones, played first-class cricket for Somerset and Glamorgan in the 1920s.[1] He also appeared in first-class cricket matches for the Wales team. Though his cricket career is well documented, very few personal details about him are known: his birthdate, birthplace and the date and place of his death are all unknown.

Jones was a left-handed lower- or middle-order batsman and a wicketkeeper. He appeared for Somerset in a single match in the 1922 season, and then became a regular player as a professional for the first two-thirds of the 1923 season, though he kept wicket only when amateur players, in particular Dar Lyon were not available. In addition to occasionally keeping wicket, Jones often made useful runs. In the match against Gloucestershire at Taunton he batted at No 7 and top-scored in the first innings with 70, which was his highest score for Somerset.[2] He batted at No 3 in other matches and from there he made 50 in the match against Worcestershire at Kidderminster.[3]

Jones moved to Wales and played cricket for Gowerton Cricket Club while qualifying for Glamorgan.[4] He played as a middle-order batsman and wicketkeeper in eight matches in 1928 and 1929, and against Essex at Leyton in 1928, scored 57 and 75, the second innings being the highest of his first-class career.[5] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in its review of Glamorgan's 1928 season expressed the view that "Jones may become the regular stumper".[6] But early in the 1929 season Jones lost his place in the side to Trevor Every and he never regained it. He played two first-class matches for the Wales side in 1929, but then played local cricket in South Wales before becoming coach at Denstone College and later a publican in Staffordshire.[4]

References

  1. "Jimmy Jones". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  2. "Scorecard: Somerset v Gloucestershire". www.cricketarchive.com. 1923-05-19. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  3. "Scorecard: Worcestershire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1923-06-09. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  4. 1 2 Andrew Hignell. "Brief profile of Jimmy Jones". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  5. "Scorecard: Essex v Glamorgan". www.cricketarchive.com. 1928-07-25. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  6. "Glamorgan matches". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1929 ed.). Wisden. p. 400.
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