Frederick Leslie-Jones Explained

Frederick Leslie-Jones
Birth Date:9 July 1874
Birth Place:Fylde, Lancashire, England
Death Place:Upton, Worcestershire, England
Occupation:Schoolmaster
School:Bromsgrove School
University:Lincoln College, Oxford
Position:Centre
Repyears1:1895
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:3

Frederick Archibald Leslie-Jones (9 July 1874 – 24 January 1946) was an English international rugby union player.

Leslie-Jones, the son of a doctor, was born in the Fylde, Lancashire and attended Bromsgrove School. A three-quarter, Leslie-Jones was capped twice as a centre for England in 1895, scoring a try on debut against Wales at Swansea. He gained three Oxford rugby blues while studying at Lincoln College and captained the varsity XV in 1896.[1]

Post rugby, Leslie-Jones had many years as a schoolmaster in British India. He served as principal of Lahore's Aitchison College from 1904 to 1917, then was the principal at Mayo College in Ajmer until 1928. During World War I, Leslie-Jones was a lieutenant colonel with the 1st Punjab Rifles in Lahore and president of the Ajmer-Merwara Publicity Board, for which he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).[2]

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  1. News: Malvern School Has New Head . . 5 April 1941.
  2. News: Mr. F. A. Leslie-Jones and Aitchison College . . 1 March 1946.