Richard Jones (cricketer, born 1871)

Richard Jones
Personal information
Full name
Richard Tyrrell Jones
Born28 June 1871
Selattyn, Shropshire, England
Died31 August 1940(1940-08-31) (aged 69)
Knolton Bryn, Flintshire, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1890–1892Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 310
Batting average 15.50
100s/50s –/1
Top score 63
Balls bowled 20
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2019

Richard Tyrrell Jones (28 June 1871 – 31 August 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Jones was born in June 1871 at Selattyn, Shropshire,[1] son of John Jones, of Mossfields, Whitchurch, Shropshire.[2] He was educated at Eton College, before going up to New College, Oxford.[1]

While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at Oxford in 1890. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1892, making nine appearances.[3] He scored a total of 258 runs in his nine matches, at an average of 14.33 and a high score of 63.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford, Jones also appeared in a single match for H. Philipson's XI against Oxford University in 1891.[3]

Below first-class cricket, he played at county level for Staffordshire, and for Shropshire between 1889 and 1905, appearing in 59 two-day matches, in which he scored a total 1,591 runs (with century achieved in one match, when he scored 118 runs) and took 71 wickets. He played at club level for Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Ludlow.[5]

After graduating from Oxford, Jones was commissioned into the Shropshire Yeomanry as a second lieutenant in May 1896,[6] with promotion to the rank of lieutenant in February 1900.[7] Jones served in the Second Boer War with the Imperial Yeomanry, during the course of which he was promoted to the rank of captain.[8] Following the war, he commanded the Shropshire Yeomanry detachment that took part in lining the procession route at the Coronation of Edward VII in 1902[9] and resigned his commission in April 1904.[10] He served again with them at his previous rank in World War I, accompanying the regiment to Egypt in 1916.[11] He was demobilised in 1919.[2] In 1934 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Shropshire.[2]

Jones married in 1911 Mary Ethel, daughter of Edward Herbert Wood, of Raasay, Inverness-shire.[2] He died at Knolton Bryn in Flintshire in August 1940.

References

  1. ^ a b "Wisden - Obituaries in 1940". ESPNcricinfo. 16 December 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1940. p. 1060.
  3. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Richard Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. ^ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 17, 46. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  6. ^ "No. 26737". The London Gazette. 8 May 1896. p. 2729.
  7. ^ "No. 27160". The London Gazette. 2 February 1900. p. 692.
  8. ^ "No. 27340". The London Gazette. 2 August 1901. p. 5126.
  9. ^ Gladstone, E.W. (1953). The Shropshire Yeomanry 1795-1945, The Story of a Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. The Whitethorn Press. p. 174.
  10. ^ "No. 27673". The London Gazette. 3 May 1904. p. 2844.
  11. ^ The Shropshire Yeomanry 1795-1945, the Story of a Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, page 207.