Career
Jones" batting style is not known, however it is known he was a right-arm fast bowler who played for several top cricket clubs in the Liverpool area in the 1870s and 1880s, including Sefton Park, Sefton, and Huyton. He was selected to play what would be his only first-class cricket match in 1889 when picked for the Liverpool and District cricket team against Yorkshire at Aigburth. In Yorkshire"s first-innings he took 4 wickets from his 40 overs, conceding 71 runs.
His wickets included the England Test cricketer Lord Hawke.
In the Liverpool and District second-innings he was last man out, dismissed stumped by Hunter off the bowling of Saul Wade for 3. Jones" younger brother, Charles, played in his only first-class match as an opening batsman.
He died at Liverpool on 9 June 1921.
