| Frederick Meyrick-Jones | |
| Fullname: | Frederick Meyrick Meyrick-Jones |
| Birth Date: | 1867 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Blackheath, Kent |
| Death Place: | Shaftesbury, Dorset |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm slow |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Club3: | Kent |
| Club4: | Norfolk |
| Year4: | 1909 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 12 May |
| Debutyear1: | 1887 |
| Debutfor1: | Cambridge University |
| Debutagainst1: | CI Thornton's XI |
| Lastdate1: | 6 July |
| Lastyear1: | 1896 |
| Lastfor1: | Kent |
| Lastagainst1: | Sussex |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 18 |
| Runs1: | 512 |
| Bat Avg1: | 18.96 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 67 |
| Deliveries1: | 146 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 43.50 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/3 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/2 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17546.html CricInfo |
| Date: | 9 December |
| Year: | 2018 |
The Reverend Frederick Meyrick Meyrick-Jones (14 January 1867 – 25 October 1950), born Frederic Meyrick Jones, was an English clergyman, school teacher and cricketer who played in 18 first-class cricket matches between 1887 and 1896 as a wicket-keeper.
Meyrick-Jones was born at Blackheath in what was then part of Kent in 1867, the son of the Reverend George Meyrick-Jones.[1] [2] He was educated at Marlborough College where he played cricket for the school team as a "hard-hitting batsman" before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He played occasionally for the Gentlemen of Hampshire team and for Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1886 and 1890 at a time whilst the county was not considered first-class, and made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in 1887. He played against the touring Australians in 1888 and won a Blue the same year.[4] As well as cricket, Meyrick-Jones played racquets at school and university, winning the Challenge Cup in 1888.[5]
After graduating, Meyrick-Jones was ordained and became a curate and a preparatory school master at Elstree School where he was also curate until 1896 when he moved to St Agnes Church in Bristol, changing his surname from Jones to Meyrick-Jones in 1893. He played occasional first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club during this period, making a total of six appearances for the county between 1893 and 1896.[6]
In 1899 he became the manager of the Rugby School Mission, a religious mission in the deprived neighbourhood of Notting Dale in North Kensington, West London, aimed at improving conditions for the population of the area.[7] [8] [9] He served there until 1905, promoting rugby union in the area, afterwards moving to Holt in Norfolk where he ran a private school teaching boys classed as "difficult", based from 1909 to 1915 at Voewood just outside the town.[6] [10] [11] [12] He made a single appearance for Norfolk County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship in 1909.
As well as cricket, Meyrick-Jones played racquets, competing in the first Racquets Championships at Queen's Club, and was an accomplished billiards player.[6]
Meyrick-Jones married Olive White in 1908, with whom he had one son.[6] He is notable for restoring Woodlands Manor at Mere in Wiltshire from 1922, an early attempt to restore a medieval manor house. The house had been in his family since the 18th century and is now a Grade I listed building.[13] [14] He died at Shaftesbury in Dorset in 1950 aged 83. His Wisden obituary noted that he had been "an antiquarian of some note".