John Phillips Jones (3 March 1886 – 19 March 1951) was a

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international

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who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 14 caps for

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and was known as ''The Prince of Centres''.

Rugby career

John 'Jack' Phillip Jones was born in

Pontymoile Pontymoile (Welsh: ''Pont-y-moel'') is a suburb of Pontypool in Torfaen, South Wales. It is all but merged with the nearby suburbs of Cwmynyscoy and Upper Race. It is a community of Torfaen, and includes the electoral wards of Brynwern, Cw ...

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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,

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and

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, 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

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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

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's 1908 tour of Australasia, the second was to South Africa in 1910.

International matches played for Wales

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