Howie Jones (rugby union) explained

Howie Jones
Full Name:Elwyn Howel Jones
Birth Date:8 September 1907
Birth Place:Neath, Wales
Death Place:Porthcawl, Wales
Relatives:Howell Jones (father)
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1930
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:3

Elwyn Howel Jones (8 September 1907 — 4 May 1983) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Hailing from Pontneddfechan, Jones was the son of Wales forward Howell Jones and attended Neath County School. He earned representative honours for Wales Elementary Schools and Wales Secondary Schools in the early 1920s, while his earliest senior rugby was with Neath Wanderers, which he captained for two seasons.[1] [2]

Jones, a wing three-quarter joined Swansea at the end of 1929, and was made a Wales reserve for the 1930 Five Nations, aided by a five-try performance against Skewen. He got his first cap in Wales' third fixture, against Ireland at Swansea, when Ronnie Boon withdrew with illness, then was capped again for the final match in France.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: A Few Short Ones . . 12 January 1929.
  2. News: Howie Jones' Career . . 25 November 1929.
  3. News: Welsh 'Cap' For An All White . . 6 March 1930.