Batting style Left-handed Role Cricket Player Name Guy Jewell | 1938 Berkshire 1952 Hampshire | |
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Full name Guy Alonzo Frederick William Jewell Born 6 October 1916 ( 1916-10-06 ) Axford, Hampshire, England Died December 23, 1965, Basingstoke, United Kingdom | ||
Bowling style Left-arm unorthodox spin | ||
Guy Alonzo Frederick William Jewell (6 October 1916 – 23 December 1965) was an English cricketer. Jewell was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm chinaman.
Jewell made his county cricket debut for Berkshire in the 1938 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltshire. Jewell played in five Minor Counties matches for the county, with his last appearance for them coming against Oxfordshire in the same year.
Twelve years later in 1950, Jewell represented the Hampshire Second XI in the 1950 Minor Counties Championship against Middlesex Second XI. In 1952 Jewell made his final Minor Counties appearance when he represented the Hampshire Second XI in a single match against Surrey Second XI.
Jewell represented Hampshire in one first-class match in 1952 against Glamorgan. In Glamorgan's second innings Jewell took a single wicket, that of Willie Jones.
Jewell's name is remembered in the Guy Jewell Cup, a cricket knockout competition which he set up in 1952, which is hosted by Basingstoke and North Hants cricket club.
Jewell died in Basingstoke, Hampshire on 6 October 1965. At the time of his death he was Deputy Head Teacher and head of Mathematics at Queen Mary's School for Boys, Basingstoke.
During his service in the Second World War, Jewell was recommended for the award of the Military Cross.