Peter Jones (cricketer born 1935)
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Peter Henry Jones was an English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Kent between 1953 and 1967, and then one-day cricket
for Suffolk between 1978 and 1981. A middle-order left-hand batsman, and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 matches, where he scored 4,196 runs and took 231 wickets.
Following career best bat and ball figures in 1961, his form fell away, and he played his last match for Kent in 1967. He then played for Suffolk in Minor Counties cricket, making 3,853 runs and taking 297 wickets in career that lasted into the 1980s, and which included one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup. He also played football for Hastings United.
He suffered from cancer
in later life, dying in 2007.
Suffolk team mate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the East Anglican Daily Times that Jones was "could bowl well in all sorts of conditions... He was a master of containment and I would call on him to break up a partnership if a match was running away from us. Much of our success was brought about by having three good spinners in the team and Peter's role was very important."
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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 who played 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...
for Kent between 1953 and 1967, and then one-day cricket
One-day cricket
Limited overs cricket, also known as one-day cricket and in a slightly different context as List A cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day, whereas Test and first-class matches can take up to five days to complete...
for Suffolk between 1978 and 1981. A middle-order left-hand batsman, and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 matches, where he scored 4,196 runs and took 231 wickets.
Following career best bat and ball figures in 1961, his form fell away, and he played his last match for Kent in 1967. He then played for Suffolk in Minor Counties cricket, making 3,853 runs and taking 297 wickets in career that lasted into the 1980s, and which included one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup. He also played football for Hastings United.
He suffered from cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
in later life, dying in 2007.
Suffolk team mate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the East Anglican Daily Times that Jones was "could bowl well in all sorts of conditions... He was a master of containment and I would call on him to break up a partnership if a match was running away from us. Much of our success was brought about by having three good spinners in the team and Peter's role was very important."