Kenyon Jones

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Kenyon Jones
Birth name Kenyon William James Jones
Date of birth(1911-09-05)5 September 1911
Place of birth Llanishen, Wales
Date of death 16 December 1988(1988-12-16) (aged 77)
School Monmouth School
University Jesus College, Oxford
Occupation(s) businessman
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1934 Wales 1 (0)

Kenyon William James "Ken" Jones (5 September 1911 – 16 December 1998) was a Welsh rugby union international player.

Wales Country in northwest Europe, part of the United Kingdom

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Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.

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Personal history

Jones was born in Llanishen, Wales. [1] He was educated at Monmouth School before matriculating to Jesus College, Oxford. [2] A keen sportsman, as well as his rugby career he was also selected to represent Wales as a high jumper but was unable to compete. In his post-graduate years he was a management trainee. [3]

Llanishen district in the north of Cardiff, Wales

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Monmouth School school in Monmouth, Wales

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Jesus College, Oxford college of the University of Oxford in England

Jesus College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street. The college was founded by Elizabeth I on 27 June 1571 for the education of clergy, though students now study a broad range of secular subjects. A major driving force behind the establishment of the college was Hugh Price, a churchman from Brecon in Wales. The oldest buildings, in the first quadrangle, date from the 16th and early 17th centuries; a second quadrangle was added between about 1640 and about 1713, and a third quadrangle was built in about 1906. Further accommodation was built on the main site to mark the 400th anniversary of the college, in 1971, and student flats have been constructed at sites in north and east Oxford.

He was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the Welch Regiment in 1930, becoming a lieutenant in 1939 (with seniority from 1937). [4] [5] During the Second World War he served in Military Intelligence in Egypt where he was awarded the American Bronze Star for his work in General Eisenhower's headquarters. [3]

Welch Regiment

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On returning to civilian life Jones entered the business world and became the managing director of Unilever and later managing director of Ronson Products. [3]

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Rugby career

Jones played rugby as a youth, representing Monmouth School. He continued playing at university and was selected for Oxford University RFC, winning his "Blue" for rugby in 1931 and 1932. On leaving education, he settled in England, and played for Welsh exile club London Welsh as well as playing county rugby for Yorkshire. He played for the Wales national rugby union team on one occasion, as no. 8 against England on 20 January 1934. [1] During the Second World War he played in Germany representing a Berlin team and a Germany XV. [3] His final game of rugby was after the war when he appeared for an international XV in Cardiff. [3]

The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.

London Welsh RFC rugby union team

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Wales national rugby union team Nation rugby team from Wales

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statsguru / Players & Officials / Ken Jones". ESPN Scrum. 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. ↑ Jenkinson, Leonard (1995). "Jesus College's Rugby Internationals". The Jesus College Record. Jesus College, Oxford: 62–63.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jenkins (1991) p.91
  4. ↑ "No. 33648". The London Gazette . 30 September 1930. p. 5953.
  5. ↑ "No. 34644". The London Gazette . 11 July 1939. p. 4751.

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