The 52: Worcestershire''s Forgotten First Class Cricketers

About Tim Jones

As a young boy Tim's love of cricket was developed in the face of adversity. Confined to a wheelchair for long periods as a result of numerous operations to correct clubbed feet his father - struggling to fill the time - taught him how to catch and throw. Once mobility improved the natural progression was to batting and bowling where the style of his hero Glenn Turner was copied for hours on end in the family's back garden. It was Turner's exploits in completing the coveted 1000 runs before the end of May in 1973 which persuaded Tim's father to take him to New Road Worcester to see the great man play. The die was cast. Possessing a photographic memory for faces details and records Tim's first work the biography of Worcestershire's inspirational Leader of Champions and Champion of Leaders Don Kenyon was published in 2015. Now the club's honorary historian and archivist he is a self-confessed cricket addict and can always be found at the ground on a match day perched in his 'usual' seat in front at the New Road end of the ground where is always willing to provide an opinion and discuss the past present and future with his group of friends and anyone who passes by.