James Phillips Jones
{{Short description|GB Lions & Wales international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = James Jones
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| birth_name = James Phillips Jones
| birth_place = Pontypool, Wales
| death_place = Melbourne, Australia
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| position = Centre
| amatyears1 =
| amatyears2 =
| amatyears3 = 1909-1910
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| amatyears6 = 1911-12
| amatteam1 = Blackheath F.C.
| amatteam2 = Guy's Hospital
| amatteam3 = Newport RFC
| amatteam4 = London Welsh
| amatteam5 = Pontypool RFC
| amatteam6 = Barbarian F.C.
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| repteam1 = Wales
| repteam2 = British Isles
| repyears1 = 1913
| repyears2 = 1908
| repcaps1 = 1
| repcaps2 = 2
| reppoints1 = 3
| reppoints2 = 0
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| relatives = Jack Jones, brother
David Phillips Jones (brother)
| school = Christ College, Brecon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|11|23|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|12|04|1883|11|23|df=yes}}
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James 'Tuan' Jones (23 November 1883 – 4 December 1964)[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/1978.html Tuan Jones player profile] Scrum.com was a Welsh international rugby union utility player who played club rugby for several teams, most notably Pontypool and Guy's Hospital. He only won a single cap for Wales,[https://archive.today/20110526113942/http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=31757&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles] but was selected for the 1908 Anglo-Welsh tour to Australia and New Zealand.
Rugby career
Jones was one of four rugby playing brothers; Jack and David were capped for Wales like James, while the youngest brother Edwin played for club team, Pontypool. As the brothers had the common surname of Jones, the brothers were separated by their nicknames. James was more often known as 'Tuan' and David as 'Ponty'.
Jones left Wales after leaving Christ College, Brecon, moving to London to follow a medical career. While in London, he played for Blackheath, Guy's Hospital and Welsh exiles, London Welsh. While representing Guy's Hospital, he was offered a place on Arthur Harding's Anglo-Welsh team, which toured Australasia in 1908. He and brother Jack, both made the trip, Jack played in all three tests against New Zealand, while James played alongside him in the final two tests at Wellington and Auckland.
Despite a British Isles tour and captaining both Guy's Hospital and Blackheath, it took Jones until 1913 to be selected for the Welsh national team. His one and only game for Wales was against Scotland as part of the 1913 Five Nations Championship. Under the captaincy of Billy Trew, Jones was part of a winning Welsh side and scored one of two tries.
Jones, a doctor by profession, later emigrated to Australia and practised in Melbourne. As an old British Lion he was introduced to the 1959 team when they toured Australia.{{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|title=British Lions |year=1990 |publisher=Crowood Press |location=Swindon|page=25 |isbn=1-85223-541-1}} He died in Melbourne in 1964.
=International matches played=
- {{flagicon|ENG}} England 1912 England v. Wales, Sunday Times, 21 Jan, 1912
- {{flagicon|SCO}} Scotland 1913
International matches played for the British Isles
- {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand 1908, 1908
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617053256/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=177852 Newport RFC player profiles]
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 1908}}
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Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:People educated at Christ College, Brecon
Category:London Welsh RFC players
Category:Pontypool RFC players
Category:Barbarian F.C. players
Category:20th-century Welsh medical doctors
Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Category:Wales international rugby union players