| Jerry Ainsworth | |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Slow left arm orthodox |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 44 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4 |
| 100S/50S1: | -/- |
| Top Score1: | 11 |
| Deliveries1: | 1989 |
| Wickets1: | 50 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 15.82 |
| Fivefor1: | 5 |
| Tenfor1: | 2 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/61 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/- |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12612/12612.html |
Jerry Lionel Ainsworth (11 September 1877 – 30 December 1923) was a first-class cricketer.[1] He was born in Freshfield, Formby, Lancashire and died in Falmouth, Cornwall.
A slow left-arm bowler, he took 50 first-class wickets at just 15.82. He played 4 matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1899 and also appeared for PF Warner's XI in 1898, AJ Webbe's XI in 1900, HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1902 and the Europeans in India in 1904/05.
His brother, George Ainsworth was also a first-class cricketer. Ainsworth was no batsman but took 5 wickets in an innings 5 times, 4 of these against the Philadelphians, against whom he claimed his best figures of 7 for 61.