Jack Jones (rugby union, born 1886)

Jack Jones

Birth name	John Phillips Jones
Date of birth	(1886-03-02)2 March 1886
Place of birth	Pontymoile, Wales
Date of death	19 March 1951(1951-03-19) (aged 65)
Place of death	Llantarnam, Wales
School	Christ College, Brecon
Notable relative(s)	Tuan Jones, brother Ponty Jones, brother
Spouse	Ethel Gwendoline Williams
Children	Margaret Jones Stanley Jones
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1902-1908 1903 1905-1911 1908-1910 1909 1910-1921 1913 Pontypool RFC Christ College, Brecon Monmouthshire Newport RFC London Welsh Pontypool RFC Barbarians () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1908-1921 1908-1910 British Isles 14 6 (18) (7)

John Phillips Jones (3 March 1886 – 19 March 1951) was a

Jones was first capped, at centre, making his debut against Australia in December, 1908. He would play for Wales a further 13 times and would probably have been capped far more times but for the cessation of international rugby during the years of the First World War.

Jones would play in two British Isles tours. The first was part of Arthur Harding's 1908 tour of Australasia, the second was to South Africa in 1910.

International matches played for Wales

Wales^[3]

•  Australia 1908
•  England 1909, 1910, 1912, 1921
•  France 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920^[4]
•  Ireland 1909, 1913, 1920
•  Scotland 1909

British Isles

•  New Zealand 1908, 1908, 1908
•  South Africa 1910, 1910, 1910

Bibliography

• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
  ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
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• Thomas, Wayne (1979). A Century of Welsh Rugby Players. Ansells Ltd.