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Full name | Barry John Richardson Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shrewsbury, England | 2 November 1955|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976–1980 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 November 2008 |
Barry John Richardson Jones (born 2 November 1955) is a former English cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Worcestershire between 1976 and 1980.
Jones was born in Shrewsbury,Shropshire and educated at Wrekin College. [1]
Jones made his first-class debut against Oxford University at The University Parks in late May 1976. Although he made only 10 and 4 from number two in the order, [2] he was retained for the County Championship match which immediately followed. In this game,now batting at seven,he did no better,making only 11 and 1. [3] After this,Jones spent a long period out of the first team,returning only in August when he was given a short run but again made no significant scores.
During the 1977 season,Jones played in the First XI more than at any other time,turning out for 14 first-class and six List A games. In late August he finally made his maiden fifty,hitting 65 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. [4] Wisden thought he had made "a steady advance" over the summer, [5] but statistically his season as a whole was disappointing as he averaged only 16.31 in first-class cricket and 8.80 in the one-day game.
From 1978 to 1980,Jones was in and out of the Worcestershire side,often getting chances but never managing a really big score. Indeed,he was to score only one half-century in 26 first-class games during that period,an innings of 61 against Oxford University in June 1978. [6] His most eye-catching achievement came in a Second XI match,when he hit a century in each innings versus Somerset II in August 1979. [7]
Jones' career in top-class cricket ended after the 1980 season,and he returned to his family's farm in Shropshire. [8] He played minor counties cricket with Shropshire in 1981 and 1982,and since 2006 he has made numerous appearances for Shropshire's Over-50s team. [9] He has played at club level for Wroxeter. [1]
His brother Bryan Jones made 20 List A appearances for Shropshire and played one Youth Test for England.
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