Full name Richard Henry Jones Name Richard Jones 1946 Warwickshire | Bowling style Right-arm medium Batting style Left-handed | |
Born 3 November 1916 ( 1916-11-03 ) Redditch, Worcestershire, England Died 14 July 2004(2004-07-14) (aged 87)
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England | ||
Richard Henry Jones (3 November 1916 – 14 July 2004) was an English cricketer. Jones was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Redditch, Worcestershire. He was known later in life as Richard Henry Cartwright-Jones.
Jones made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Somerset at Edgbaston in the 1946 County Championship. Opening the bowling in Somerset's first-innings, he bowled eight wicketless overs, though conceded just 12 runs from them. He opened the batting in Warwickshire's first-innings and was dismissed for 9 runs by Johnny Lawrence, while in Somerset's second-innings he again opened the bowling, bowling three wicketless overs which cost 15 runs. He scored 23 runs in Warwickshire's second-innings, before he was dismissed by Arthur Wellard, with Warwickshire winning by 2 wickets.
He died at Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire on 14 July 2004.