Peter Henry Jones (19 June 1935 – 29 December 2007) was an English

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er who played

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between 1953 and 1967, and then

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matches for

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between 1971 and 1981. He also appeared in six

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matches for Suffolk between 1978 and 1981.Peter Jones
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2009-09-10. A middle-order left-handed batsman and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 first-class matches, all but one of which was for Kent. He scored 4,196 first-class runs and took 231 wickets.

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. Retrieved 2009-09-10. He was born at

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in London in 1935. Following career best batting and bowling figures in 1961―scoring 1,262 runs and taking 77 wickets during the season―he was awarded his

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and established himself in the Kent team. After having his jaw broken by

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the following season, he lost his place t the merging

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Jones, Peter Henry
Obituaries in 2007, ''

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'', 2008. Retrieved 2022-08-10. and his form "fell away". He retired in 1964 but returned to play three matches for Kent in 1967 when Underwood was playing for England. He then played for Suffolk in

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cricket, making 3,853 runs and taking 297 wickets in career that lasted into the 1980s, with Suffolk winning the Minor Counties Championship in 1977 and 1979. He made four one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup for the side between 1978 and 1981, adding to his two List A matches played for Kent in the early 1960s. He also played football for Hastings United. He suffered from

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in later life, dying at

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near

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in December 2007 aged 72.Kent allrounder Peter Jones dies

, 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2009-09-10. Suffolk teammate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the ''

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'' that Jones was "could bowl well in all sorts of conditions... He was a master of containment and I would call on him to break up a partnership if a match was running away from us. Much of our success was brought about by having three good spinners in the team and Peter's role was very important." Derek Underwood, speaking after Jones' death, described him as "genuinely slow, bowling the flighted variety of left-arm spin".Quoted in ''Wisden'', 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Peter 1935 births 2007 deaths Footballers from Woolwich Cricketers from Greater London English cricketers Kent cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Suffolk cricketers English men's footballers Hastings United F.C. (1948) players Suffolk cricket captains Men's association football players not categorized by position