Gwynne Auld Jones (born 23 April 1945) is a Zimbabwean born former English

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er. Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Southern Rhodesia, which is today Zimbabwe. Jones made his debut for

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in the 1972

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against

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. Jones played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1972 to 1979, which included 59 Minor Counties Championship matches In 1972, he made his

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debut against Cambridgeshire in the Gillette Cup. He played three further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against

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. Jones also played List A cricket for

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in the

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against Middlesex and two matches for

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in the

1976 Benson & Hedges Cup The 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club. Compared with the previous year, the groups were no longer organised on a region ...

. In total, Jones played seven List A matches, scoring 96 runs at a batting average of 13.71, with a high score of 47. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a

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of 28.80, with best figures of 2/30.

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