David Jones (cricketer, born 1914)

David Jones

Personal information
Full name	David Jones
Born	9 April 1914 Hodthorpe, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England
Died	28 July 1998 (aged 84) Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1935–1939	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 24 Runs scored 594 Batting average 18.00 100s/50s –/3 Top score 60 Balls bowled 24 Wickets 1 Bowling average 7.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/7 Catches/stumpings 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2011

David Jones (9 April 1914 – 28 July 1998) was an English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown. He was born at Hodthorpe, Bolsover, Derbyshire.

Jones made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Yorkshire in 1935 County Championship. He made 23 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1939 County Championship.^[1] In his 24 first-class appearances, he scored 594 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 60.^[2] This score, which was one of two fifties he made, came against Worcestershire in 1938.^[3] He took a single first-class wicket, that of Somerset captain Bunty Longrigg.^[4]

He died at Scarborough, Yorkshire on 28 July 1998.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by David Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
3. "Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire, 1938 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
4. "Somerset v Nottinghamshire, 1938 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

External links

• David Jones at ESPNcricinfo
• David Jones at CricketArchive