Ernest Jones (rugby league)
{{short description|GB & England international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Ernest Jones
|fullname = Ernest W. Jones
|nickname =
|image = Ernest Jones - Rochdale Hornets.jpg
|imagesize =
|caption = Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Ernest Jones
|birth_date = {{circa|1891}}
|birth_place = Somerset, England
|death_date = unknown
|height =
|weight =
|position = {{rlp|SO|SH}}
|club1 = Rochdale Hornets
|year1start = ≤1911
|year1end = ≥22
|appearances1 =
|tries1 =
|goals1 =
|fieldgoals1 =
|points1 =
|teamA = England
|yearAstart = 1913
|yearAend = 14
|appearancesA = 2
|triesA = 1
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 3
|teamB = Great Britain
|yearBstart = 1920
|yearBend =
|appearancesB = 4
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|new = yes
|retired = yes
|updated = 21 May 2012
|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Ernest-Jones/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Jones&submit=Go&c=England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090728/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Jones&submit=Go&c=England|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Jones&submit=Go&c=GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418032550/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Jones&submit=Go&c=GB|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2018|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
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Ernest W. Jones ({{circa|1891}} – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Rochdale Hornets, as a {{rlp|so}} or {{rlp|sh}}.
Playing career
=International honours=
Jones won caps for England while at Rochdale Hornets in 1913 against Wales, in 1914 against Wales, and he won caps for Great Britain while at Rochdale Hornets in 1920 on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour against Australia, and New Zealand (3 matches).
=County Cup Final appearances=
Ernest Jones played {{rlp|sh}} and scored a try in Rochdale Hornets' 12–5 victory over Oldham in the 1911–12 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1911–12 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 2 December 1911, in front of a crowd of 20,000.
=Club career=
Through injury, Jones did not appear in Rochdale Hornets' 10–9 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1921–22 Challenge Cup Final during the 1921–22 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 6 May 1922, Rochdale Hornets had a medal especially struck for him.{{cite web|url=http://www.onwardhornetsonward.co.uk/cgi-bin/story4/20021008205510.shtml|title=Cup winning team of 1922|publisher=onwardhornetsonward.co.uk|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202185200/http://www.onwardhornetsonward.co.uk/cgi-bin/story4/20021008205510.shtml|archivedate=2 February 2014}}
References
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External links
{{Rochdale Hornets - 1911–12 Lancashire Cup Final winners}}
{{Great Britain squad – 1920 Australia & New Zealand Tourists}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Ernest}}
Category:England national rugby league team players
Category:English rugby league players
Category:Great Britain national rugby league team players
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Place of death missing
Category:Rochdale Hornets players
Category:Rugby league five-eighths
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Rugby league players from Somerset