George Jones

Who was George Jones?

George Lennard Jones was a Scottish cricketer. Jones was a right-handed batsman.

Jones made his debut in county cricket for Dorset in the 1925 Minor Counties Championship against Monmouthshire. Jones played regularly for Dorset from 1925 to 1927. Thereafter Jones represented the county in 1931, 1933 and 1934, playing his last match for Dorset against Oxfordshire.

Jones made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1937 County Championship against Gloucestershire. Jones played nine first-class matches for Hampshire in 1937, with his final first-class appearance coming against the touring New Zealanders, where Jones made his highest first-class score of 37*.

Jones died at Aston Reynold, Shropshire on 17 June 1953.