Rugby player
| Full name | Ian Conin Jones | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Ian Conin Jones (2 March 1940 — 1 June 2015) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
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.
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.
See also
References
- "Charteris: I'm ready for the challenge". Wales Online. 11 November 2004.
- "Wales drop 'wonderboy' Jarrett". Evening Standard. 1 March 1968.
- "Obituary: Ian Jones". Welsh Rugby Union. 5 June 2015.
External links
- Ian Jones at ESPNscrum
- 1940 births
- 2015 deaths
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- London Welsh RFC players
- Middlesex County RFU players
- Oxford University RFC players
- Rugby union players from the Western Cape
- People from Malmesbury, Western Cape
- South African Rhodes Scholars
- Stellenbosch University alumni
- Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford
- South African people of Welsh descent