Enoch Percy Jeavons (12 January 1893 – 29 July 1967) was an English
first-class cricket
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er who played a single game for
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
against
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...
in June 1924.
He made little impression on what was a disastrous game for his county, scoring 0 in the first innings as Worcestershire lost their first five wickets for just four runs before recovering to make 115, then making 1
not out
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in the second as they were bowled out for 48 to hand Gloucestershire a 102-run victory. He did however hold two catches.
Jeavons was born in
Dudley
Dudley ( , ) is a market town in the West Midlands, England, southeast of Wolverhampton and northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the ...
, which was then in
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
; he died in the Kates Hill region of the same town at the age of 74.
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1893 births
1967 deaths
English cricketers
Worcestershire cricketers
Cricketers from Dudley
Cricketers from Worcestershire
20th-century English sportsmen