| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas Shepherd Jennings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1896 Tiverton, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 September 1972 (aged 75) Tiverton, Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | David Jennings (brother) George Jennings (brother) Leonard Jennings (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1924 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1926–1933 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas 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.[1] In these 18 matches, he scored 194 runs at a batting average of 13.85, with a high score of 37*.[2] 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,[3] which came against Derbyshire in 1924. He claimed 6 wickets in the Derbyshire first-innings and took 4 in their second.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] His debut for Devon came against the Surrey Second XI in 1926, with Jennings playing Devon from 1926 to 1933.[7] Starting in 1935, Jennings began umpiring in the Minor Counties Championship, standing in 87 matches between 1935 and 1962.[8] 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.[9]
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.[5] It was here that Jennings died on 7 September 1972.