Jenkins reach 1,000 runs for the third successive year and was named one of the Cricketers of the Year by Wisden. The following year, saw Jenkins play in two Tests against the West Indies. In the first, he took nine wickets, but conceded almost 300 runs. Jenkins was probably the only English spinner who might have spun the ball appreciably on the cast-iron Australian wickets of previous years, a shift to a wetter climate meant he was not considered. His all-round work continued to be valuable for Worcestershire up to 1952, when he did the double for the second time, and played in two Tests against India with some success. In his benefit year of 1953, Jenkins began superbly as a bowler but not only lost form with the bat so much he averaged under ten an innings, but also suffered a serious injury that caused him to miss half the season, and his actual benefit match against Leicestershire. 1954's very soft pitches were unsuited to him both with bat and ball. However, after another injury in 1955, Jenkins returned to something like his best late that year, whilst in 1956 he took 101 wickets at a better average than ever before, and frequently captained his county, he was established as an enthusiastic "senior professional" even though out of the running for higher representative honours. Apart from one match where he took eleven wickets, however, Jenkins' skill deserted him in 1957, and he played only a few games in 1958 before his engagement was not renewed. Nonetheless, after retiring from first-class cricket, Jenkins played for fifteen years with West Bromwich Dartmouth in the Birmingham and District League, in the process establishing a reputation beyond that which he had as a county player. Along with Derbyshire wicket-keepers Bob Taylor and George Dawkes, Jenkins is one of only three players who have reached ten thousand career runs, while making only one century (against Nottinghamshire in 1948). Tony Lock reached that figure with a highest score of 89. Throughout his career, Jenkins was noted for his obsessive perfectionism: he would typically begin practising bowling at seven o'clock in the morning, and he was known for always bowling in his cap (though he batted without one). In later years he was a popular and much admired umpire at Ombersley Cricket Club, where he frequently offered helpful advice to bowlers from both teams. Jenkins died