Country: | England |
Fullname: | Richard Henry Jones |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1916 |
Birth Place: | Redditch, Worcestershire, England |
Death Place: | Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 1946 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 32 |
Bat Avg1: | 16.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 23 |
Deliveries1: | 66 |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 23 December |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15734.html Cricinfo |
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.
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.