Rear Admiral Roger Charles Moylan-Jones (born 18 April 1940) is a former English cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Moylan-Jones was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Torquay, Devon and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Totnes.
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| Full name | Roger Charles Moylan-Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1940 Torquay, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1964 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959-1975 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moylan-Jones first represented the Royal Navy in cricket in 1959.[1] This was also the year in which he made his Minor Counties Championship debut for Devon against Dorset. An infrequent performer for Devon due to his naval commitments[2] meant he was limited to just 28 appearances for the county between 1959 and 1975, playing his final match for them against the Somerset Second XI.[3] He played just one first-class match, which came for the Combined Services against Oxford University.[4] In the Oxford University first-innings he took his only 2 first-class wickets, those of Maurice Manasseh and Richard Gilliat, for the cost of 36 runs. With the bat he scored 3 runs in the Combined Services first-innings before being dismissed by John Martin and in their second-innings he scored 31 runs, being dismissed this time by Andrew Barker.[5]
In the Royal Navy, Moylan-Jones rose to the rank of rear admiral and later served as the president of the Royal Navy Cricket Club 1993–1995 and Director General Aircraft (Navy) from 1992 to 1995.[6] Moylan-Jones became chairman of Devon County Cricket Club in 1997, a post he held until 2009 when he stepped down, being replaced by Geoff Evans. Following this he became club president, taking over from the late David Shepherd.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Teams Roger Moylan-Jones played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "Roger Moylan-Jones". devoncricket.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Roger Moylan-Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Roger Moylan-Jones". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "Combined Services v Oxford University, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "House of Commons Hansard Debates, 20 July 1994". parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "New look to county club's hierarchy". Devon Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
External links
edit- Roger Moylan-Jones at ESPNcricinfo
- Roger Moylan-Jones at CricketArchive