Tom Jennings (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Tom Jennings (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1896

Place of Birth: Tiverton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1972

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Tom Jennings (cricketer)

  • Thomas 'Tom' Shepherd Jennings (3 November 1896 – 7 September 1972) was an English cricketer.
  • Jennings was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
  • He was born in Tiverton, Devon. Jennings made his first-class debut for Surrey in the 1921 County Championship against Essex.
  • Jennings played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1921 to 1924, playing 18 times for them.
  • In these 18 matches, he scored 194 runs at a batting average of 13.85, with a high score of 37*.
  • Predominantly a bowler, Jennings took 37 wickets for Surrey at a bowling average of 29.56, with three five wicket hauls and once taking ten wickets in a match, which came against Derbyshire in 1924.
  • He claimed 6 wickets in the Derbyshire first-innings and took 4 in their second.
  • The pitches at The Oval in the early to mid-twenties were not friendly to Jennings style of bowling, thus he wasn't a regular feature in the Surrey team.Following the end of his first-class career, Jennings played Minor counties cricket for Devon, having previously represented the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.
  • His debut for Devon came against the Surrey Second XI in 1926, with Jennings playing Devon from 1926 to 1933.
  • Starting in 1935, Jennings began umpiring in the Minor Counties Championship, standing in 87 matches between 1935 and 1962.
  • He stood in just the one first-class match, held in 1953 between a combined Minor Counties team and the touring Australians at the Michelin Ground, Stoke-on-Trent.Part of a large cricketing family, his brothers David, George and Leonard all played first-class cricket.
  • Following his move back to Devon from, he became the head groundsman at Blundell's School in his home town.
  • It was here that Jennings died on 7 September 1972.

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