Thomas Babington Jones

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Thomas Babington Jones (20 January 1851 – 6 August 1890) was a Welsh cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club.

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Jones was bron on 20 January 1851 in Maesteg, Glamorgan.^[1] He was educated at Christ College, Brecon and Jesus College, Oxford. He won his "Blue" in 1874, when he played in the university match against Cambridge, scoring 38 runs as a left-handed batsman. He only played first-class cricket in 1874, playing five times for Oxford University and once for "Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present" in that season.^[2] He scored 146 runs in those 6 matches (10 innings), at an average of 16.22 with a high score of 40; as a right-arm roundarm bowler, he took 19 wickets at an average of 14.05, with best bowling figures of six wickets for 26 runs. He died on 6 August 1890 in Brislington, Somerset.^[1]

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