John Arthur Eyton-Jones (25 September 1862 – 3 March 1940) was a Welsh

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who played as a

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. He was part of the Wales national team between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.

Early life

Eyton-Jones was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, is a member of the Eyton-Jones family, and was an uncle of

William Eyton-Jones Captain William Edward Rawlins Eyton-Jones, OBE (11 November 1894 – 23 January 1984), often shortened to 'Pop' Jones, was a Merchant Navy Captain and master mariner who served in various theatres during World War I and World War II, most no ...

. He was educated at the

Grove Park School Ysgol Clywedog (English: meaning ''Clywedog School''), is a comprehensive secondary school which serves parts of the city of Wrexham in north-east Wales, in the community of Offa. Ysgol Clywedog is located in the south-west suburbs of Wrexham ...

in Wrexham where he was a younger contemporary of Robert Armstrong-Jones.

Sporting and football career

Eyton-Jones played football with the

Wrexham Hare and Hounds Club Hare & Hounds were a Welsh football and athletics club from Wrexham. History The club was formed around 1873, and existed during the Victorian era. Their football team played in the Welsh Cup competition during its formative years. The club was ...

. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland. He also played for Everton in 1888.

Military service

Eyton-Jones served as a medical officer in the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the

Royal Welsh Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers ( cy, Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales' Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated ...

, and saw action in World War I as a Captain with the

Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. The RAMC, the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps a ...

Personal life

Eyton-Jones worked as a local doctor and surgeon in the Wrexham area and lived at Abbotsfield on Grosvenor Road. This elegant neo-gothic Grade II Listed house was designed by architect James Reynolds Gummow of the Wrexham architect family in the 1860s as a private residence, and was purchased by Eyton-Jones in 1895.

He married twice, firstly in 1890 to Annie Isabella Shand Stodart-Milne. They had a daughter Margaret Susannah Maurice Eyton-Jones. Annie died in 1908 aged 38. Eyton-Jones married again in 1909 to Marie Anne Jones, a State Registered Nurse. Their son Arthur Paget Eyton-Jones was born in 1920.

References

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Early life

Sporting and football career

Military service

Personal life

See also

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