Ian Jones (rugby union, born 1940) explained

Ian Jones
Full Name:Ian Conin Jones
Birth Date:2 March 1940
Birth Place:Vryburg, South Africa
Death Place:Oxford, England
Height:6 ft 4 in
Occupation:Merchant banker
University:University of Oxford
Position:Lock
Repyears1:1968
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Ian Conin Jones (2 March 1940 — 1 June 2015) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Vryburg, South Africa, Jones was raised in the farming community of Malmesbury and came to England on a Rhodes Scholarship, following studies at Stellenbosch University. He attended Queen's College, Oxford, and won three rugby blues, one in their victorious 1964 Varsity match.[2]

Jones, a second row, played rugby for London Welsh and won a County Championship with Middlesex in 1967/68. He qualified to represent Wales through his grandparents and was capped in the 1968 Five Nations, with the selectors looking for an improved line-out presence against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, a match lost to a last-minute try to Mick Doyle.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Charteris: I'm ready for the challenge . . 11 November 2004 . en.
  2. News: Wales drop 'wonderboy' Jarrett . . 1 March 1968.
  3. Web site: Obituary: Ian Jones . . 5 June 2015.