Willie Jones (cricketer)
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Full name | William Edward Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Carmarthen, Wales | 31 October 1916||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 July 1996 Gloucester, England | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1937–1958 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 20 June 2014 |
William Edward Jones (31 October 1916 – 25 July 1996) was a Welsh cricketer active from 1937 to 1958 who played for Glamorgan.
He appeared in 345 first-class matches as a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin. He scored 13,536 runs with eleven centuries and took 192 wickets with a best performance of five for 50.
His highest score was 212 not out against Essex in 1948,[1] when he put on 313 for the third wicket with Emrys Davies in three and a quarter hours.[2] 1948 was his most successful season: he hit his only other double-century, 207 against Kent in 245 minutes,[3] and scored 1656 runs in all matches at an average of 40.39,[4] and took 47 wickets at 25.53,[5] to help Glamorgan to their first County Championship.
He also played rugby union as a fly-half, representing Wales in an international match during World War II.[6]
Jones retired from first-class cricket after the 1958 season and became the cricket coach at Dean Close School in Cheltenham.[7]
References
- ^ Essex v Glamorgan 1948
- ^ Wisden 1949, p. 311.
- ^ Kent v Glamorgan 1948
- ^ Willie Jones batting by season
- ^ Willie Jones bowling by season
- ^ Wisden 1997, pp. 1403-4.
- ^ "Willie Jones". Museum of Welsh Cricket. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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