Garth Jones Explained

Garth Jones
Full Name:Garth Glennie Jones
Birth Date:18 November 1931
Birth Place:Childers, QLD, Australia
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1952–56
Repcaps1:12
Reppoints1:12

Garth Glennie Jones (18 November 1931 — 22 March 1993) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]

Born in Childers, Jones learnt his rugby at Brisbane Boys' College.[2]

Jones, a red-haired GPS winger, was capped 12 times for the Wallabies. On the 1953 tour of South Africa, he scored the winning try against the Springboks in Cape Town, running the length of the field to put the Wallabies in front with two minutes remaining.[3] His final Wallabies appearance in 1956 was against the Springboks in Sydney.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Garth Jones 'Top Winger In World' . . 28 September 1953 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Garth Glennie Jones . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  3. News: Wallabies in Shock Rugby Test Victory . . 7 September 1953 . 13 . National Library of Australia.