Charles Ian McMillan Jones (born 11 October 1934) is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er and field hockey

Field hockey

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 player. In cricket, Jones' batting style is unknown, but it is known that he bowled right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Leeds

Leeds

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, Yorkshire

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Jones made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 against Worcestershire

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 in 1959. He batted once in this match, in the course of which he was dismissed for a duck

Duck (cricket)

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 by Derek Pearson

Derek Pearson

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. He made a further first-class appearance for the university, which came in that season against Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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. In this match, Jones was dismissed for a duck in the Cambridge first-innings by Robert Caple

Robert Caple

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, while in their second-innings he scored 44 runs before being dismissed by Bob Hurst.

It was in 1959 that he made his debut for Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

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 against Cambridgeshire

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 in the Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1959 to 1969, making 33 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Devon

Devon County Cricket Club

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 in the 1st round of the 1969 Gillette Cup

1969 Gillette Cup

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, scoring 19 runs before being dismissed by Robert Healey

Robert Healey

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, in a match which Hertfordshire won by 98 runs. He made his second and final List A appearance in the 2nd round of the same competition against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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. In this match, he was dismissed for a duck by Malcolm Nash

Malcolm Nash

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, with Glamorgan winning the match by 85 runs.

Outside of cricket, Jones played field hockey for Hertfordshire, Cambridge University, England

England national field hockey team

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 and Great Britain, who he represented in the 1960

1960 Summer Olympics

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 and 1964 Olympic Games

1964 Summer Olympics

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External links

• Charles Jones at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Jones at CricketArchive
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