Peter Jones (cricketer, born 1935)

Peter Henry Jones (19 June 1935 – 29 December 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1953 and 1967, and then one-day cricket for Suffolk County Cricket Club between 1978 and 1981.[1] A middle-order left-hand batsman, and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 matches. He scored 4,196 runs and took 231 wickets.

Peter Jones
Personal information
Full namePeter Henry Jones
Born(1935-06-19)19 June 1935
Woolwich, London
Died29 December 2007(2007-12-29) (aged 72)
Wolverhampton
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953–1967Kent
1978–1981Suffolk
FC debut29 July 1953 Kent v Yorkshire
Last FC26 August 1967 Kent v Warwickshire
LA debut22 May 1963 Kent v Sussex
Last LA11 July 1981 Suffolk v Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 141 6
Runs scored 4,196 118
Batting average 20.98 19.66
100s/50s 2/15 0/1
Top score 132 73
Balls bowled 17,098 282
Wickets 231 3
Bowling average 28.35 51.33
5 wickets in innings 6 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 6/41 2/39
Catches/stumpings 99/– 2/–
Source: CricInfo, 23 February 2018

Following career best batting and bowling figures in 1961, his form fell away and Jones played his last match for Kent in 1967. He then played for Suffolk in Minor Counties cricket, making 3,853 runs and taking 297 wickets in career that lasted into the 1980s and which included one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup.[2] He also played football for Hastings United.

He suffered from cancer in later life, dying in 2007.[1]

Suffolk teammate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the East Anglian Daily Times that Jones was "could bowl well in all sorts of conditions... He was a master of containment and I would call on him to break up a partnership if a match was running away from us. Much of our success was brought about by having three good spinners in the team and Peter's role was very important."[3]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Peter Henry Jones". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  2. "Player Profile: Peter Henry Jones". CricInfo. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  3. "Kent allrounder Peter Jones dies". CricInfo. 6 January 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
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