Henry David Jones is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Jones is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace

Seam bowling

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. He was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey

Surrey

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 and was educated at Caterham School

Caterham School

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While studying for his degree at Loughborough University

Loughborough University

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, Jones made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Loughborough UCCE

Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence

Loughborough MCC University is a cricket coaching centre based at Loughborough University in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England and the name under which the university's cricket team plays.- About :The coaching centre is largely funded by the Marylebone Cricket Club...

 against Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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 in 2008. He made four further appearances for the team, the last of which came against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 in 2009. In his five first-class matches, Groves scored 8 runs at an average

Batting average

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 of 2.66, with a high score of 6 not out

Not out

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. With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average

Bowling average

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 of 57.33, with best figures of 4/57.

External links

• Henry Jones at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Jones at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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