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Welsh rugby union player

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William "Pussy" Jones (1871/72 – 13 February 1940) was a rugby union centre who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.

Rugby career

Jones joined Cardiff in the 1895–96 season and was partnered at centre with Gwyn Nicholls. In his first season in first-class rugby, Jones was selected for the Welsh national team, playing at centre with teammate Nicholls in the 1898 Home Nations Championship. Wales had just been readmitted into the competition after the fallout from the Gould Affair, and Jones was brought in as Gould's replacement, an almost impossible task in the eyes of the Welsh public. Played away in Limerick to Ireland, Jones was one of seven Cardiff players, and two new caps from the club, Viv Huzzey and Tom Dobson scored a try each in a Welsh victory. Jones was re-selected for the next Wales game, played away at the Rectory Field in Blackheath to England. Despite a dropped goal and a try from Huzzey, England beat the Welsh 14–7.

Under the guidance of Nicholls, Jones's performance improved the next season at Cardiff, scoring nine tries. Despite his growth at club level, Jones was left out of the 1899 trial match, and when the 1899 Home Nations Championship began, Jones was replaced by Newport's Reg Skrimshire, and didn't play at international level again.

International matches played for Wales

Wales

  •  England 1898
  •  Ireland 1898
  • Davies (1975), pg 220.
  • Parry-Jones (1999), pg 49.
  • Parry-Jones (1999), pg 69.
  • Smith (1980), p. 468

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