Jeff Jones (cricketer, born 1941)
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Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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| Full name | Ivor Jeffrey Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1941 Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Simon Jones (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 21 January 1964 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 March 1968 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeff Jones (born Ivor Jeffrey Jones, 10 December 1941)[1] is a Welsh former cricketer, who took forty-four wickets in fifteen Test matches for the England cricket team between 1964 and 1968. His son, Simon Jones, also played Test cricket for England.
Jones was born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman remarked, "South Wales is hardly renowned for fast bowlers but in 1960 a powerfully built left-armer joined the Glamorgan staff and caused undiluted excitement. Unassuming and popular, Jeff Jones introduced a destructive force into Glamorgan's cricket it had never seen before."[1] He was a left-arm fast bowler who in 1965 took five wickets before conceding a run against Leicestershire at Grace Road, finishing with 8 for 11. The consensus was that there was no faster bowler in county cricket at that time. His wickets did not always come cheaply, as Jones was prone to be erratic at times, but at his best he was a handful for any batsman.[1]