Arthur Jones

Arthur Jones (17 December 1874 – 2 December 1917) was an Australian cricketer who began his career as a spin bowler but later improved his batting and kept wicket. He played in three first-class matches for Queensland between 1897 and 1911. In his career he was a lawyer. Personal life Jones married Gertrude Mabyn Lawry in 1900 and in 1902 they had a son, Alan, while living in Queensland. At some point after 1915 the family moved to Perth, Western Australia. In January 1917 Jones enlisted in the army in Fremantle under the assumed name Richard Paul Mitchell, was appointed a Lance Corporal in April, and sailed to England for training in Salisbury Plain in June. He was demoted to Private in October for absence without leave after midnight and in November he was admitted to the military hospital, where he died of chronic nephritis in December. Cricket career Jones began his cricket career in Rockhampton playing for the Alberts cricket club however by 1897 he had moved to Brisbane, where he was playing for a Brisbane club and in March he took an 8 for 35 in a match against the Graziers club and was praised for "splendid bowling" and fielding "grandly". In April he was named as an emergency substitute for Queensland for a First-class match against New South Wales, and he ultimately played in the match with a Sydney paper noting he bowled a "slow peculiar break".