[1] A middle-order left-handed batsman and left-arm slow arm bowler, his debut at 18 years was the first of 141 first-class matches, all but one of which was for Kent.
[2] Following career best batting and bowling figures in 1961―scoring 1,262 runs and taking 77 wickets during the season―he was awarded his county cap and established himself in the Kent team.
After having his jaw broken by Fred Trueman the following season, he lost his place to the emerging Derek Underwood[3] and his form "fell away".
He made four one-day appearances in the Gillette Cup for the side between 1978 and 1981, adding to his two List A matches played for Kent in the early 1960s.
[2][4] Suffolk teammate Bobby Cunnell wrote for the East Anglian Daily Times that Jones was "could bowl well in all sorts of conditions...