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Full name | Russell Rodger Jones | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland | 17 August 1962||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1981 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,3 November 2022 |
Russell Rodger Jones (born 17 August 1962) is a Scottish former cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
Jones was born in August 1962 at Bellshill,Lanarkshire. A club cricketer for both Clydesdale and Freuchie,he made a single appearance for Scotland in a List A one-day match against Lancashire at Old Trafford in the 1981 Benson &Hedges Cup. [1] Opening the batting,he was dismissed for 2 runs by Paul Allott in Scotland's innings of 154 all out. [2] Outside of cricket,Jones was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as an acting pilot officer in March 1984,having previously been held the rank of aircraftman. [3] He obtained the permanent rank of pilot officer in February the following year, [4] with promotion to flying officer in March 1986. [5] A further promotion to flight lieutenant followed in September 1989, [6] later retiring in August 2001. [7] Following his retirement,he received a commission into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch), [8] before having his commission terminated in April 2002. [9]
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