Ivor Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivor Jones

Welsh rugby union player

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1901

Place of Birth: Loughor, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1982

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ivor Egwad Jones CBE (10 December 1901 – 16 November 1982) was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a back-row forward, mainly at flanker, for Llanelli and won 16 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.