Jack Jones (rugby union, born 1886)
{{Short description|GB Lions & Wales international rugby union player}}
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| name = Jack Jones
| image = Jack Jones with the British Isles team in 1910
| caption =
| birth_name = John Phillips Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|3|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pontymoile, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|3|19|1886|3|2|df=yes}}
| death_place = Llantarnam, Wales
| height =
| weight =
| position = Centre
| amatyears1 = 1902-1908
| amatyears2 = 1903
| amatyears3 = 1905-1911
| amatyears4 = 1908-1910
| amatyears5 = 1909
| amatyears6 = 1910-1921
| amatyears7 = 1913
| amatteam1 = Pontypool RFC
| amatteam2 = Christ College, Brecon
| amatteam3 = Monmouthshire
| amatteam4 = Newport RFC
| amatteam5 = London Welsh
| amatteam6 = Pontypool RFC
| amatteam7 = Barbarians
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| ru_amclubpoints =
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| repteam1 = Wales[http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26079&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles]
| repteam2 = British Isles
| repyears1 = 1908-1921
| repyears2 = 1908-1910
| repcaps1 = 14
| repcaps2 = 6
| reppoints1 = 18
| reppoints2 = 7
| ru_ntupdate =
| school = Christ College, Brecon
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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.Thomas (1979), pg 50.
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=
- {{ru|AUS}} 1908
- {{ru|ENG}} 1909, 1910, 1912, 1921
- {{ru|FRA}} 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1920[http://www.rugbyrelics.com/Museum/biogs/Wales/JONES-Jack-1908.htm Rugby Relics player profile]
- {{ru|IRE}} 1909, 1913, 1920
- {{ru|SCO}} 1909
British Isles
- {{ru|NZL}} 1908, 1908, 1908
- {{ru|RSA}} 1910, 1910, 1910
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Smith |first=David |author2=Williams, Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3 }}
- {{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Wayne |title=A Century of Welsh Rugby Players |year=1979 |publisher=Ansells Ltd}}
References
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{{British and Irish Lions team captains}}
{{British and Irish Lions 1908}}
{{British and Irish Lions 1910}}
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Category:Rugby union players from Pontypool
Category:People educated at Christ College, Brecon
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Wales rugby union captains
Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales