Peter Jones (cricketer, born 1935)

Peter Henry Jones (19 June 1935 – 29 December 2007) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1953 and 1967, and then one-day cricket for Suffolk County Cricket Club between 1978 and 1981.[1] A middle-order left-hand batsman, and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 matches. He scored 4,196 runs and took 231 wickets.

Following career best batting and bowling figures in 1961, his form fell away and Jones played his last match for Kent in 1967. He then played for Suffolk in Minor Counties cricket, making 3,853 runs and taking 297 wickets in career that lasted into the 1980s and which included one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup.[2] He also played football for Hastings United.

He suffered from cancer in later life, dying in 2007.[1]

Suffolk teammate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the East Anglian Daily Times 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."[3]