| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Alan Keith Colin Jones |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Solihull, Warwickshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1971 - 1973 |
| Club2: | Warwickshire |
| Year2: | 1969 - 1973 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 35 |
| Runs1: | 1,403 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.92 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/5 |
| Top Score1: | 111 |
| Deliveries1: | 9 |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 13/ - |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 7 |
| Runs2: | 181 |
| Bat Avg2: | 30.16 |
| 100S/50S2: | - /1 |
| Top Score2: | 82 |
| Deliveries2: | - |
| Wickets2: | - |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/ - |
| Date: | 13 July |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15717.html Cricinfo |
Alan Keith Colin Jones (born 20 April 1951) is an English former cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Solihull, Warwickshire, and was educated at Solihull School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Keith Jones made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Scotland at Edgbaston in 1969.[1] His next first-class appearance came during his university studies for Oxford University against Warwickshire. He made 28 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came in The University Match of 1973 against Cambridge University at Lord's.[1] In his 29 first-class appearances for the university, Jones scored 1,102 runs at an average of 21.19, with a highest score of 111 against Nottinghamshire in 1971.[2] [3] He also made two first-class appearances for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team, against the touring Australians in 1972 and the touring New Zealanders in 1973.[1] It was for Oxford University that he also made his List A debut for in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup against Leicestershire. He made three further appearances in that season's competition, against Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Worcestershire.[4] He scored a total of 153 runs in these matches, at an average of 38.25 and with a high score of 82,[5] which came against Northamptonshire.[6]
Following the end of his studies in 1973, Jones returned to Warwickshire, where he played a half a dozen matches for the county at the end of the 1973 season. He made three first-class appearances in the County Championship against Kent, Middlesex and Gloucestershire,[1] as well as making three List A appearances in the John Player League against Surrey, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.[4]