Enoch Jeavons
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Enoch Percy Jeavons was an English
cricketer
who played a single first-class
game, for Worcestershire
against Gloucestershire
in June 1924.
He made little impression on what was a disastrous game for his county, scoring 0 in the first innings as Worcestershire lost their first five wickets for just four runs before recovering to make 115, then making 1 not out
in the second as they were bowled out for 48 to hand Gloucestershire a 102-run victory. He did however hold two catches.
Jeavons was born in Dudley
, which was then in Worcestershire
; he died in the Kates Hill region of the same town at the age of 74.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played a single first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
game, for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in June 1924.
He made little impression on what was a disastrous game for his county, scoring 0 in the first innings as Worcestershire lost their first five wickets for just four runs before recovering to make 115, then making 1 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
in the second as they were bowled out for 48 to hand Gloucestershire a 102-run victory. He did however hold two catches.
Jeavons was born in Dudley
Dudley
Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without...
, which was then in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
; he died in the Kates Hill region of the same town at the age of 74.
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