David Jones (9 April 1914 – 28 July 1998) was an English cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman with a bowling style of fast medium. He was born at Hodthorpe, Bolsover, Derbyshire.
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Full name | David Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1914-04-09)9 April 1914 Hodthorpe, Bolsover, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 July 1998(1998-07-28) (aged 84) Scarborough, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Fast medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1935–1939 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 November 2011 |
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.