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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-Class Matches played by Tom Jennings )〕 In these 18 matches, he scored 194 runs at a batting average of 13.85, with a high score of 37 *.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tom Jennings )〕 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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Tom Jennings )〕 which came against Derbyshire in 1924. He claimed 6 wickets in the Derbyshire first-innings and took 4 in their second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derbyshire v Surrey, 1924 County Championship )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituaries in 1972 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teams Tom Jennings played for )〕 His debut for Devon came against the Surrey Second XI in 1926, with Jennings playing Devon from 1926 to 1933.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tom Jennings )〕 Starting in 1935, Jennings began umpiring in the Minor Counties Championship, standing in 87 matches between 1935 and 1962.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tom Jennings as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tom Jennings as Umpire in First-Class Matches )〕 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. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Jennings (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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