Ian Jones (rugby union, born 1940)

Ian Jones

Full name	Ian Conin Jones
Date of birth	(1940-03-02)2 March 1940
Place of birth	Vryburg, South Africa
Date of death	1 June 2015(2015-06-01) (aged 75)
Place of death	Oxford, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
University	University of Oxford
Occupation(s)	Merchant banker
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1968 Wales 1 (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]

See also

• List of Wales national rugby union players

References

1. "Charteris: I'm ready for the challenge". Wales Online. 11 November 2004.
2. "Wales drop 'wonderboy' Jarrett". Evening Standard. 1 March 1968.
3. "Obituary: Ian Jones". Welsh Rugby Union. 5 June 2015.

External links

• Ian Jones at ESPNscrum