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West Indian cricketer
Prior Jones
 Jones in 1950
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| Bowling
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| Test debut
| 21 January 1948 v
England
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| Last Test
| 30 November 1951 v
Australia
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Prior Erskine Waverley Jones
(6 June 1917 ? 21 November 1991) was a
West Indian
cricketer
who played in nine
Test matches
from
1947?48
to
1951?52
.
A fast bowler, Jones played first-class cricket for
Trinidad
from 1940?41 to 1950?51. He toured
India with the West Indian team in 1948?49
,
England in 1950
, and played his last first-class matches on the
tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1951?52
. His best Test figures were 5 for 85 against India at Bombay in 1948?49.
[1]
His best first-class figures were 7 for 29 against
Yorkshire
in 1950;
[2]
and his best match figures were 10 for 62 (4 for 39 and 6 for 23) against
Ceylon
in 1948?49.
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He also captained Trinidad at soccer.
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