Country: | England |
Fullname: | Roger Charles Moylan-Jones |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1940 |
Birth Place: | Torquay, Devon, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Club1: | Combined Services |
Year1: | 1964 |
Club2: | Devon |
Year2: | 1959-1975 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 34 |
Bat Avg1: | 17.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 31 |
Deliveries1: | 84 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 18.00 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 2/36 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 9 March |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17723.html Cricinfo |
Rear Admiral Roger Charles Moylan-Jones (born 18 April 1940) is a former English cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Moylan-Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Totnes.
Moylan-Jones first represented the Royal Navy in cricket in 1959.[1] This was also the year in which he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon against Dorset. An infrequent performer for Devon due to his naval commitments[2] meant he was limited to just 28 appearances for the county between 1959 and 1975, playing his final match for them against the Somerset Second XI.[3] He played just one first-class match, which came for the Combined Services against Oxford University.[4] In the Oxford University first-innings he took his only 2 first-class wickets, those of Maurice Manasseh and Richard Gilliat, for the cost of 36 runs. With the bat he scored 3 runs in the Combined Services first-innings before being dismissed by John Martin and in their second-innings he scored 31 runs, being dismissed this time by Andrew Barker.[5]
In the Royal Navy, Moylan-Jones rose to the rank of rear admiral and later served as the president of the Royal Navy Cricket Club 1993–1995 and Director General Aircraft (Navy) from 1992 to 1995.[6] Moylan-Jones became chairman of Devon County Cricket Club in 1997, a post he held until 2009 when he stepped down, being replaced by Geoff Evans. Following this he became club president, taking over from the late David Shepherd.[7]