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Stuart Jones (cricketer)

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Stuart Jones
Personal information
Full name
Stuart Thornbury Jones
Born(1929-01-24)24 January 1929
Naseby, Central Otago, New Zealand
Died20 July 2015(2015-07-20) (aged 86)
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953/54Otago
Only FC5 February 1954 Otago v Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 8
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 6
Balls bowled 90
Wickets 2
Bowling average 18.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/20
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2021

Stuart Thornbury Jones[a] (24 January 1929 – 20 July 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1953–54 season.[1][2]

Jones was born at Naseby in Central Otago in 1929 and was educated at Kings High School in Dunedin.[3] He played his only top-level representative match in February 1954, scoring eight runs and taking two wickets in a Plunket Shield fixture against Canterbury at Carisbrook in Dunedin. Although he did not return to the Otago first-class side, he did play two fixtures in 1956–57 for the side, including the annual fixture against Southland.[2]

Jones retired to Christchurch where he died in July 2015 at the age of 86. His ashes were buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery in Dunedin alongside his wife who had died in 1962 at the age of 27. The couple had two sons.[4][5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Jones' name is spelled Stewart by both CricInfo and Andrew McCarron. It is spelled Stuart on his burial records and by CricketArxhive.

References

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  1. ^ Stewart Jones, CricInfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Stuart Jones, CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2016. (subscription required)
  3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 74. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. ^ Genealogy and grave location enquiries: Jones, Stuart Thornbury, cemeteries search, Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ Genealogy and grave location enquiries: Jones, Jean Lorna, cemeteries search, Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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