It’s Kapil’s turn to help Jones

In response to The Indian Express story on Wilson Jones, country’s first billiards world champion, cricketing fraternity has come up wi...

• Written by Kumar Shyam
• Mumbai | April 22, 2003 12:00 AM IST
1 min read

In response to The Indian Express story on Wilson Jones, country’s first billiards world champion, cricketing fraternity has come up with its tribute. Help in the form of a cheque for an undisclosed amount will be handed over to Jones by the Hero Indian Sports Academy (HISA), at a function in New Delhi on April 30. According to Wilson’s daughter-in-law Julia Jones, former billiards champion Michael Ferreira gave a framed message from Kapil Dev, also chief of HISA, meant for Wilson.

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