Allan Jones (cricketer)

Allan Arthur Jones (born 9 December 1947 in Horley, Surrey) is an English cricket umpire and a retired cricketer.

Allan Jones was educated at St John's College, Horsham and he became the first cricketer to represent four English first-class counties, when he joined Glamorgan in 1980.

He was a tall right-arm fast-medium bowler and a tail end right-handed batsman who 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 5.39, with a personal best of 33 for Middlesex versus Kent at Canterbury in 1978) and took 549 wickets (at an average 28.07, with a personal best of 9/51 for Somerset versus Sussex at Hove in 1972). He also took 3 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 over cricket.

He was appointed to the First-Class Umpires list in 1985 and is currently standing in his 22nd consecutive English season. He stood in one One Day International in 1996.

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