James Forbes Jones MC DL (9 January 1911 — 14 December 1980) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of Peter Forbes Jones, he was born at Larbert in January 1911. Forbes was educated at Fettes College. A club cricketer for both Stirling County and Grange Cricket Club, he made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against the touring Australians at Edinburgh in 1930. He played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1939, making ten appearances; one half of these were against Ireland, while the other half were played against various touring teams. Playing in the Scottish side as a batsman, he scored 404 runs at an average of 23.76; he made four half centuries, with a highest score of 91 against Ireland at Dublin in his final first-class match in 1939.