Education
Allan Jones was educated at Street John"s College, Horsham.
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When he joined Glamorgan in 1980 he became the first cricketer to represent four English first-class counties. A tall right-arm fast-medium bowler and a tail-end right-handed batsman, he represented Sussex (1966-1969), Somerset (1970-1975. Cap 1972), Northern Transvaal (1972/1973), Orange Free State (1976/1977), Middlesex (1976-1979.
Cap 1976) and Glamorgan (1980-1981).
In 214 first-class matches, he scored 799 runs (average 539, with a personal best of 33 for Middlesex versus Kent at Canterbury in 1978) and took 549 wickets (at an average 2807, with a personal best of 9 for 51 for Somerset versus Sussex at Hove in 1972). He also took three wickets in four balls for Somerset versus Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1972 and became the first Middlesex bowler to take a hat-trick in limited overs cricket.
He was appointed to the English First-Class Umpires list in 1985 and remained until 2008, when he joined the Indian Cricket League. He stood in one One Day International in 1996.
