A solid right-handed batsman and a handy medium pace bowler, Jones excelled for New South Wales and later for Queensland and Auckland. He toured England with the Australians in 1882, 1886, 1888 and 1890, and New Zealand with Australians in 1886–87 and the Queensland team in 1896–97. On the 1886 tour he scored 1497 first-class runs at 24.95, and two centuries, including his career-best of 151 against the Gentlemen at The Oval. Testament to his batting skill, his first-class career lasted over 30 years.
Despite some solid Test knocks for Australia, he is remembered more for a couple of legends of the early days of Test cricket than for anything he did on the field. He was involved, for example, in an incident with W. G. Grace in the 1882 Test Match, when he was run-out after having, under the assumption that the ball was dead, left his crease to pat down the pitch. Jones's highest Test score was 87, achieved during the time that helped make this score a legend in Australian cricket superstition connected with bad luck.[1]
He moved to New Zealand in 1904[2] and first coached the Grafton District Cricket Club, and then worked for the Auckland Cricket Association.[3] He played his last first-class match for Auckland in December 1908 at the age of 47.
Jones worked as a clerk and cricket coach at Auckland Grammar School from 1904 until he retired in 1935.[4]
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^Ashes 2010: The Special Significance of the Number 87 – World Cricket Watch
sammy, jones, footballer, footballer, other, people, with, similar, names, jones, disambiguation, samuel, percy, jones, august, 1861, july, 1951, australian, cricketer, played, tests, between, 1882, 1888, personal, informationfull, namesamuel, percy, jonesborn. For the footballer see Sammy Jones footballer For other people with similar names see Sam Jones disambiguation Samuel Percy Jones 1 August 1861 14 July 1951 was an Australian cricketer who played 12 Tests between 1882 and 1888 Sammy JonesPersonal informationFull nameSamuel Percy JonesBorn 1861 08 01 1 August 1861Sydney AustraliaDied14 July 1951 1951 07 14 aged 89 Auckland New ZealandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm fast mediumRoleAll rounderInternational informationNational sideAustraliaTest debut cap 30 17 February 1882 v EnglandLast Test10 February 1888 v EnglandCareer statisticsCompetition Tests First classMatches 12 152Runs scored 428 5189Batting average 21 39 21 09100s 50s 0 1 5 24Top score 87 151Balls bowled 262 3860Wickets 6 55Bowling average 18 66 33 525 wickets in innings 0 110 wickets in match 0 0Best bowling 4 47 5 54Catches stumpings 12 0 81 0Source cricinfo 27 March 2017Jones right front row pictured with the 1890 Australia national cricket teamA solid right handed batsman and a handy medium pace bowler Jones excelled for New South Wales and later for Queensland and Auckland He toured England with the Australians in 1882 1886 1888 and 1890 and New Zealand with Australians in 1886 87 and the Queensland team in 1896 97 On the 1886 tour he scored 1497 first class runs at 24 95 and two centuries including his career best of 151 against the Gentlemen at The Oval Testament to his batting skill his first class career lasted over 30 years Despite some solid Test knocks for Australia he is remembered more for a couple of legends of the early days of Test cricket than for anything he did on the field He was involved for example in an incident with W G Grace in the 1882 Test Match when he was run out after having under the assumption that the ball was dead left his crease to pat down the pitch Jones s highest Test score was 87 achieved during the time that helped make this score a legend in Australian cricket superstition connected with bad luck 1 He moved to New Zealand in 1904 2 and first coached the Grafton District Cricket Club and then worked for the Auckland Cricket Association 3 He played his last first class match for Auckland in December 1908 at the age of 47 Jones worked as a clerk and cricket coach at Auckland Grammar School from 1904 until he retired in 1935 4 References edit Ashes 2010 The Special Significance of the Number 87 World Cricket Watch Wisden 1952 p 958 Cricket The New Zealand Herald 8 September 1906 p 8 New Zealand Boys Aptitude for Sport Auckland Star 14 23 August 1935 External links editSammy Jones at ESPNcricinfo Sammy Jones at Cricket Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sammy Jones amp oldid 1178385744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
