Jack Jones (rugby union, born 1886)
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Birth name | John Phillips Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 2 March 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pontymoile, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 March 1951 | (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Phillips Jones (3 March 1886 – 19 March 1951) was a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 14 caps for Wales and was known as The Prince of Centres.
Rugby career[]
John 'Jack' Phillip Jones was born in Pontymoile, Pontypool in 1886, to David Jones and his wife Margaret (née Phillips). Jones was one of four brothers, who would all eventually play for Pontypool Rugby Club. Two of his brother, David and James, would, like Jack, eventually play international rugby for Wales. The Joneses along with the Goulds are the only family to provide three brothers to the Welsh international rugby union team.[2]
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.
- Thomas, Wayne (1979). A Century of Welsh Rugby Players. Ansells Ltd.
References[]
- ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
- ^ Thomas (1979), pg 50.
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 468.
- ^ Rugby Relics player profile
- 1886 births
- 1951 deaths
- Rugby union players from Pontypool
- People educated at Christ College, Brecon
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby union centres
- Wales rugby union captains
- Newport RFC players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
- Pontypool RFC players
- Monmouthshire County RFC players