Jonathon Colin Mark Atkinson was born on 10 July 1968 and was an English cricketer.
11 Facts About Jon Atkinson
1.
2.
Jon Atkinson played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University between 1985 and 1990.
3.
Jon Atkinson was educated at Millfield School where his father was headmaster.
4.
Jon Atkinson's mother was Shirley Atkinson and his father was Colin Atkinson, who was the headmaster of Millfield School between 1971 and 1986; he has two siblings, David and Sally.
5.
In 1985, Atkinson was a 17-year-old pupil at Millfield when he made his first-class debut for Somerset.
6.
Jon Atkinson made 79 and shared in a seventh wicket partnership of 177 with Ian Botham in just 31 overs; Atkinson hit three sixes and 11 fours.
7.
Jon Atkinson retained his place in the Somerset side to the end of the season and played in a few matches for Somerset in the summer of 1986 when he left school, but he was unable to repeat the success of his first game, and the 79 remained his highest score in first-class cricket.
8.
Jon Atkinson was picked for the England Young Cricketers side in a youth one-day international against Sri Lanka.
9.
Jon Atkinson played mostly second eleven cricket in 1987, but in 1988 he returned to first-class cricket at Cambridge University, where he was a student at Downing College.
10.
Jon Atkinson was awarded his Blue, though in fact the match against Oxford University was abandoned without a ball being bowled, the only time this has happened in the history of the fixture going back to 1829.
11.
Jon Atkinson went on to win Blues in both 1989 and 1990, when he was captain of the Cambridge team: both of these matches were badly affected by rain.