Jim Dewes

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Jim Dewes

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Anthony Roy Dewes

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|6|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rugby, Warwickshire, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| heightft =

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| nickname =

| family = {{ubl|John Dewes (father)|Jonathan Dewes (son) | Adam Dewes (son)}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

| role =

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = {{nowrap|1978–1979}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 14

| runs1 = 368

| bat avg1 = 18.40

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 84

| deliveries1 = 198

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 146.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/52

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 0

| bat avg2 = 0.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 0

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 4 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12155.html Cricinfo

}}

Anthony Roy "Jim" Dewes (born 2 June 1957) is an English former cricketer.

The son of the Test cricketer John Dewes, who played for England between 1948–50, Dewes was born in June 1957 at Rugby, Warwickshire. He was educated at Dulwich College, where his father taught, before going up to St John's College, Cambridge.{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University List of Members |date=1991 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05AcAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Surrey at Fenner's in 1978. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge until 1979, making fourteen appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29055/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Jim Dewes |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}} In his fourteen matches, he scored a total of 368 runs at an average of 18.40 and a high score of 84.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29055/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jim Dewes |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}} In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Cambridge, he also made a single List A one-day appearance for the Combined Universities cricket team against Northamptonshire in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29055/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Jim Dewes |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}} during which he was dismissed without scoring by Tim Lamb.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/39/39068.html |title=Combined Universities v Northamptonshire, Benson and Hedges Cup 1979 (Group C) |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-04 |url-access=subscription}} After graduating from Cambridge, he became a schoolteacher. He currently teaches geography at Wellington College, Berkshire.{{cite web|url=https://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/about/staff/ |title=Staff - Wellington College |website=Wellington College |accessdate=2019-09-04}} His sons, Jonathan and Adam Dewes, have also played first-class cricket.