Richard Henry Jones (3 November 1916 – 14 July 2004) was an English cricketer. Jones was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Redditch, Worcestershire. He was known later in life as Richard Henry Cartwright-Jones.
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| Full name | Richard Henry Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1916 Redditch, Worcestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 2004 (aged 87) Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1946 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jones made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Somerset at Edgbaston in the 1946 County Championship.[1] Opening the bowling in Somerset's first-innings, he bowled eight wicketless overs, though conceded just 12 runs from them. He opened the batting in Warwickshire's first-innings and was dismissed for 9 runs by Johnny Lawrence, while in Somerset's second-innings he again opened the bowling, bowling three wicketless overs which cost 15 runs. He scored 23 runs in Warwickshire's second-innings, before he was dismissed by Arthur Wellard, with Warwickshire winning by 2 wickets.[2]
He died at Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire on 14 July 2004.
References edit
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Somerset, 1946 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
External links edit
- Richard Jones at ESPNcricinfo
- Richard Jones at CricketArchive