Background
He was born in 1881 in Walsall, United Kingdom.
He was born in 1881 in Walsall, United Kingdom.
He played as a forward. Jones was born in Walsall, Staffordshire. His scoring rate of a goal every other game for Barnsley, his first professional club, prompted First Division club Birmingham to pay ?170 for his services in May 1905.
However, he found himself unable to dislodge the established forwards, Billy Jones, Benny Green and Arthur Mounteney, and played only five games before moving on to fellow First Division club N ottinghamshire County.
Jones scored six goals in 22 league games for County, his last Football League club