Richard Jones (cricketer, born 1916)

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.

Richard Jones

Personal information
Full name	Richard Henry Jones
Born	(1916-11-03)3 November 1916 Redditch, Worcestershire, England
Died	14 July 2004(2004-07-14) (aged 87) Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1946	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 32 Batting average 16.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 23 Balls bowled 66 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
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

1. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
2. "Warwickshire v Somerset, 1946 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

External links

• Richard Jones at ESPNcricinfo
• Richard Jones at CricketArchive