Anthony Windham Jones also known as Windham Jones or Wyndham Jones (1879 - 23 October 1959) was a

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international

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half back who played club rugby for

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and

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. Jones was capped just once for

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, but this was during the

1905 Home Nations Championship The 1905 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 14 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won the Champio ...

, making Jones a

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winning player.

Rugby career

Windham Jones came to note as a rugby player when he played for Cardiff during the 1902/03 season. Despite playing for one of Wales' premier clubs, by 1905 he was representing Mountain Ash, a second tier club of the period. It was while playing for Mountain Ash that Windham Jones was given his one and only Welsh international cap. The 1905 Home Nations Championship saw Wales win the Championship and the Grand Slam, and in the opening game of the tournament,

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pairing

Dicky Owen Dicky Owen (17 November 1876 - 27 February 1932) was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Swansea RFCSmith (1979), pg 132. Owen is seen as one of the greatest Welsh scrum-halves and won 35 caps for Wales between 1901 and 1 ...

and Dick Jones, the 'Dancing Dicks' were the preferred half back option. Jones was injured after the English game and was replaced by another Swansea player Billy Trew. When Trew also retired injured, Windham Jones was given an opportunity to fill his role in the half back position.Smith (1980), pg 141. Windham Jones was central to both Welsh tries, scoring the first under the posts after dummying through the Irish defence; and then setting up the second try for

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. Even with a key role in his first international game, he was replaced for the next year's Championship by

Percy Bush Percy Frank Bush (23 June 1879 – 19 May 1955) was a Welsh rugby union player who played international rugby for Wales on eight occasions. Playing at fly-half, Bush is regarded as one of the most talented Welsh players of the pre-First World W ...

, and never represented Wales again. After retiring from playing rugby, Windham Jones continued his connection with the sport when he became a committee member of the

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, and in the 1920s was one of the few ex-internationals to represent the WRU.Smith (1980), pg 216. He left the post in 1926, replaced by ex-

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manager

Harry Packer Harry Packer (9 September 1868 – 25 May 1946) was an English-born international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport and was capped seven times for Wales. Packer had a long association with rugby, as a player, selector, officia ...

.Smith (1980), pg 217. Later Windham Jones ran the line at several international matches.Smith (1980), pg 222. Windham Jones is often miscredited as playing for Newport, but this was actually his son, also Windham Jones, who represented the club for five seasons between 1921 and 1926.Wyndham Jones player profile
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International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 468. * 1905

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References

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