John Jewell
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John Edmund Valentine Jewell (31 January 1891 - 17 April 1966) was a cricketer
who played 27 times for Orange Free State
(and once for PW Sherwell
's XI) between 1910-11 and 1925-26. He also played a handful of times for Surrey
's Second XI. In first-class cricket
he scored 1,485 runs at 28.55
, with a top score of 168 in 1920-21; and took 19 wickets at 32.26
, with best innings figures of 5-56 achieved in 1922-23.
Jewell was born in Bexley
, Kent
, but spent most of his life in South Africa
and died at Knysna
, Cape Province
at the age of 75.
He was the brother of Worcestershire
captain Maurice Jewell
, while another brother (Arthur
) played for both Orange Free State and Worcestershire. John's son, also John
, played twice for Worcestershire in 1939.
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 27 times for Orange Free State
Orange Free State cricket team
The Free State cricket team is the first-class cricket team representing the province of Free State in South Africa....
(and once for PW Sherwell
Percy Sherwell
Percy William Sherwell was a South African cricketer who played in 13 Tests as a wicketkeeper from 1906 to 1911. He captained the side in every one of his 13 Tests...
's XI) between 1910-11 and 1925-26. He also played a handful of times for Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
's Second XI. In first-class cricket
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...
he scored 1,485 runs at 28.55
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
, with a top score of 168 in 1920-21; and took 19 wickets at 32.26
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
, with best innings figures of 5-56 achieved in 1922-23.
Jewell was born in Bexley
Bexley
Bexley is an South East London]] in the London Borough of Bexley, London, England. It is located on the banks of the River Cray south of the Roman Road, Watling Street...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, but spent most of his life in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and died at Knysna
Knysna
Knysna is a town with 76,431 inhabitants in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is part of the Garden Route. It lies 34 degrees south of the equator, and is 72 kilometres east from the town of George on the N2 highway, and 25 kilometres west of Plettenberg Bay on the same road.-History:A...
, Cape Province
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa...
at the age of 75.
He was the brother of 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...
captain Maurice Jewell
Maurice Jewell
Maurice Frederick Stewart Jewell, CBE was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and slow left arm bowler who played the bulk of his first-class cricket for Worcestershire between the wars...
, while another brother (Arthur
Arthur Jewell
Major Arthur North Jewell was an English cricketer who played 29 first-class matches between 1910–11 and 1920, mostly for Worcestershire.-Early life and career:...
) played for both Orange Free State and Worcestershire. John's son, also John
John Jewell (Worcestershire cricketer)
John Mark Herbert Jewell, born at Bloemfontein, South Africa on 3 May 1917 and died at Durban, South Africa on 29 October 1946, played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in two matches in the 1939 season....
, played twice for Worcestershire in 1939.
External links
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