Jack Jones (rugby)

John Jones

Personal information
Full name	John Jones
Nickname	Jack, Bedwellty
Born	25 January 1890 Bedwellty, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Blackwood Crusaders
	Tredegar RFC
	Brynmawr RFC
	Pontypool RFC
≤1914–≥14	Abertillery RFC
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1914	Wales	4	1	0	0	3
Rugby league
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≥1914–15	Oldham	10	6	0	0	18
Source: scrum.com

John "Jack" 'Bedwellty' Jones (25 January 1890 — death unknown) born in Bedwellty, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Abertillery RFC, as a Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Oldham.

Rugby career

Jack Jones won caps for Wales (RU) while at Abertillery RFC in 1914 against England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. Jones, a collier by trade, was a member of the 'Terrible Eight', the nickname the Wales pack was given by the press in the games against Scotland and Ireland in 1914. Both matches were reported as very abrasive contests.

Just two weeks after his final rugby union international for Wales, in which he scored his only international points, a try against Ireland, he turned professional when he joined rugby league team Oldham. He made his début for Oldham against St. Helens on 4 April 1914, and scored three tries in the match.

External links

• Search for "Jones" at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Statistics at scrum.com
• Statistics at wru.co.uk
• Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk

• Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1