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Ivor Jones

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Ivor Jones
Jones in New Zealand in 1930
Birth nameIvor Egwad Jones
Date of birth(1901-12-10)10 December 1901
Place of birthLoughor, Wales
Date of death16 November 1982(1982-11-16) (aged 80)
Place of deathSwansea, Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
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1922–1938
Loughor RFC
Swansea RFC
Llanelli RFC
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1924–1930
1930
Wales[1]
British Lions
19
5
(13)
(2)

Ivor Egwad Jones CBE (10 December 1901 – 16 November 1982)[2] was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a back-row forward, mainly at flanker, for Llanelli and won 19 caps for Wales, three of them as captain.

Jones was born in Loughor and joined Loughor RFC after leaving school, playing his first match for them at the age of 15. After playing a few games for Swansea he moved to Llanelli in 1922. He played for Llanelli until 1938, apart from a short period with Birmingham in 1924–25, and scored more than 1,200 points for the club. He captained Llanelli from 1925 to 1928, 1930 to 1932 and 1933 to 1936, and led them to the Welsh club title three times between 1927 and 1933.

He won his first cap for Wales in 1924 against England and made his last appearance as captain against Scotland in 1930. He was selected for the British and Irish Lions on their tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1930 and played in all five tests. Jones was generally considered to have been one of the outstanding players on that tour, but was never selected for Wales again.

After retiring as a player, Jones became chairman of the Welsh selectors, President of the Welsh Rugby Union and a Justice of the Peace.

Author Peter Jackson said of him:[3]

No Lion, though, made as great an impact on New Zealand as Ivor Jones, the Llanelli back-row forward. They called him 'The King', and a few survivors of the oldest generation scattered around both islands still do. Jones, who devoted a lifetime to the service of Welsh rugby in many guises, including chairman of selectors and president, was almost a one-man team.

References

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  1. ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Ivor Jones player profile Scrum.com
  3. ^ Jackson, Peter. Lions of Wales (1998). Mainstream Sport, Edinburgh. ISBN 1-84018-244-X
Rugby Union Captain
Preceded by Llanelli RFC Captain
1925–1928
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Llanelli RFC Captain
1930–1932
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Llanelli RFC Captain
1933–1936
Succeeded by