MATTHEW JONES
Right Hand Opening Bat / Wicket keeper
Son of Paul - the highest run scorer for the first team, Matt has the
family name to contend with and his 4282 runs in 130 completed innings it
is fair to say that he is doing it with pride.
Matt has a wonderful blend of patience and aggression at the top of
the Wollaston batting line up and is a consistent run scorer, also the First Eleven Vice captain providing great support to Harmit
Bahra.
He has represented the
Northamptonshire Cricket League and Worcester
University.
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Full Name |
Matthew Paul Jones |
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Date of Birth |
09.08.1980 |
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Where |
Kettering Hospital |
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WCC debut year |
1995 |
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Club number (if applicable) |
128 |
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Role in Team |
Opening batsman, wicketkeeper, |
|
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occasional fearsome opening bowler |
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Runs: First Eleven |
5,391 |
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Runs: Second Eleven |
611 |
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Wickets: First Eleven |
6 |
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Wickets: Second Eleven |
0 |
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Most runs in a season |
715 First Xl 2002 |
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Most wickets in a season |
3 |
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Highest score |
126 First Xl v Irthlingborough 2002 |
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Best bowling |
3-10 v Kettering |
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First Eleven catches |
30 |
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First Eleven wicket keeper dismissals |
64 |
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WCC Centuries |
3 |
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Club Awards |
First team batsman 2007, players player2007, |
|
|
Sunday Bowler 2005 |
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Any records |
Highest partnership for any wicket (196) |
|
|
with Darren King v Rushton 1999 |
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School |
St Peters School, Bishop Stopford |
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Occupation |
Customer Service Manager |
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Previous club/s |
n/a |
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Representative sides |
Northants County League Rep, |
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|
Worcester University. 2003 Northants Board Squad |
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Most memorable cricket moment/match and why |
Beating Kettering after being bowled out for 80
odd-slow |
|
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motion as the catch went up and then the
celebrations |
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Worst/ embarrassing cricket moment |
Being dismissed by George Chudley |
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Hobbies/interests |
Stamp collecting, train spotting, bird watching |
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If the Club won the lottery we should |
Up sticks, buy a new ground and build a
magnificent pavilion |
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Favourite ground |
Rushton |
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Least favourite ground |
Towcester |
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Warne or Murali |
Warne |
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Modern cricketer admired |
Paul Collingwood |
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Cricketing childhood hero |
Robin Smith, Allan Lamb |
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Other childhood hero |
The A team |
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Music |
Indie rock and roll |
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TV |
The Office, Extras, Shameless |
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The WCC player I would share a desert Island
with |
Chris Perry |
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And why |
I could feed him to the natives |
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Newspaper |
The Mail |
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Other sports followed/played |
Tottenham Hotspur |
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Other sports people admired |
David Beckham |
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In one word Wollaston people are…. |
Interesting |
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Likes |
Saturday afternoons in the summer, bbqs, lurking |
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Dislikes |
Chavs, people hanging around by the co-op |
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Favourite food |
curry |
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Favourite drink |
Lager |
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Favourite country/place visited |
America |
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I would like to meet |
No idea |
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I wish I could…….. |
bowl more |
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I would like to visit |
Peru- the Inca trail |
