Alfred Jones (umpire)
Alfred Charles Jones (6 June 1859 – 10 February 1949 at Sydney) was an Australian Test cricket umpire.
He umpired 7 Test matches, involving Australia, six against England and one against South Africa. His first match, at Sydney on 11 December to 17 December 1903 was won comfortably by England in spite of Victor Trumper's 185 not out. Tip Foster of England scored 287, still the highest score by a batsman on debut. Of slight build, Jones was photographed with the Australian team of that series, an event not likely to occur today. Jones' career lasted more than 25 years, as his last match was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 8 March to 16 March 1929, where he saw Don Bradman score a century in a victorious Australian team.
See also[]
- Australian Test Cricket Umpires
- List of Test umpires
References[]
- Pollard, Jack, "Australian Cricket: 1893-1917, The Turbulent Years". Sydney, The Book Company, 1995. (ISBN 0-207-15468-6)
External links[]
- Alfred Jones at ESPNcricinfo
- "A. C. Jones an Umpire of Distinction", Sporting Globe, 23 March 1929
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- 1859 births
- 1949 deaths
- Australian Test cricket umpires
- Australian cricket biography, 1850s birth stubs