Alfred Charles Jones (6 June 1859 – 10 February 1949 at
Sydney
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) was an Australian
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umpire
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.
Jones umpired seven
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es involving
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: six against
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and one against
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. His first Test, at
Sydney
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on 11 December to 17 December 1903 was won comfortably by England in spite of
Victor Trumper
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's 185 not out.
Tip Foster
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of England scored 287, still the highest score by a batsman on debut. Of slight build, Jones was photographed with the Australian team of that series, an event not likely to occur today. Jones' Test career lasted more than 25 years, as his last match was at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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on 8 March to 16 March 1929, where
Don Bradman
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scored a century in a victorious Australian team.
In his
first-class umpiring career, which extended from 1902 to 1931, Jones umpired 63 matches, 62 of them at the
Sydney Cricket Ground
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.
He umpired for 47 years in the Sydney competition before retiring in 1933.
Jones spent all his working life as a carpenter and joiner.
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*Australian Test Cricket Umpires
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References
* Pollard, Jack, "Australian Cricket: 1893-1917, The Turbulent Years". Sydney, The Book Company, 1995. ()
External links
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"A. C. Jones an Umpire of Distinction"
''Sporting Globe'', 23 March 1929
1859 births
1949 deaths
Australian Test cricket umpires
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