About Jerry Ainsworth
Lived 1877 – 1923 (aged 46). Jerry Ainsworth was a British cricketer.
Jerry Lionel Ainsworth (11 September 1877 – 30 December 1923) was a first-class cricketer. He was born in Freshfield, Formby, Lancashire and died in Falmouth, Cornwall.
A slow left-arm bowler, he took 50 first-class wickets at just 15.82. He played 4 matches for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1899 and also appeared for PF Warner's XI in 1898, AJ Webbe's XI in 1900, HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1902 and the Europeans in India in 1904/05.
His brother, George Ainsworth was also a first-class cricketer. Ainsworth was no batsman but took 5 wickets in an innings 5 times, 4 of these against the Philadelphians, against whom he claimed his best figures of 7 for 61.
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cricketer (1877-1923)
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Jerry Ainsworth was born on 11 September 1877.
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Jerry Ainsworth died on 30 December 1923.
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Jerry Ainsworth was a cricketer.
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