Forbes Jones

James Forbes Jones (9 January 1911 to 14 December 1980) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer, born at Larbert and educated at Fettes College. A club cricketer for Stirling County and Grange Cricket Club, he made his first-class debut for Scotland against the touring Australians at Edinburgh in 1930 and played for Scotland until 1939, making ten appearances, half of them against Ireland. A batsman, he scored 404 runs at an average of 23.76, with four half centuries and a highest score of 91 against Ireland at Dublin in 1939. Outside cricket he was a noted lacrosse player. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery and was awarded the Military Cross in August 1942 for his service during the Siege of Malta. After the war he declined the captaincy of the Scotland cricket team to run his family foundry business, Jones and Campbell.