Eifion Jones (cricketer), Date of Birth

    

Eifion Jones (cricketer)

Welsh cricketer

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1942

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Eifion Jones (cricketer)

  • Eifion Wyn Jones (born 25 June 1942 in Velindre, Glamorgan) was a Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club.
  • When he first came to Glamorgan Jones was a specialist right-handed batsman but after being tutored by Phil Clift he became a wicketkeeper.
  • He made his first-class debut in 1961, and served as deputy keeper to David Evans until the late 1960s, when he became the county's first-choice keeper, a position he held until 1982.
  • He took a record 933 dismissals for his county.
  • In 1970 he took 7 dismissals in an innings against Cambridge University, and he finished the season with 94 dismissals.
  • However, the continued good form of Alan Knott and Bob Taylor kept him out of consideration for the Test team. In 1968 he made the highest ever score by a Glamorgan keeper with 146 not out against Sussex.
  • His most successful season with the bat was Glamorgan's championship season of 1969, when he scored 753 runs at an average of 31.37.
  • Thereafter his batting gradually declined, and after 1975 he never averaged as high as 20 in a season.
  • He retired after the 1983 season, at the age of 41.

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