Background
Jones was born in Newstead, Nottinghamshire on Christmas Day 1888 and, after playing club football in the nearby villages of Annesley and Sutton-in-Ashfield, he joined N ottinghamshire County in 1907.
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He soon became a regular member of N ottinghamshire County"s First Division side, generally playing at inside-left and in the 1909-1910 season he only missed two League matches as County finished ninth in the table, their best finish for nine years.
Career
In the following season, he lost his place to Sam Richards, and only made three further appearances. Jones spent the 1911-1912 season playing for Southern League Coventry City, before returning to Meadow Lane for a further year in the First Division, at the end of which N ottinghamshire County were relegated to the Second Division. He then went back to Coventry City for a further season, before moving to the south coast in April 1914 to join Southampton, also in the Southern League.
Described as "a burly, bustling inside-left", Jones made his debut in the opening match of the 1914-1915 season, scoring in a 3–3 draw against Luton Town.
His professional football career was halted by the First World War, after which Jones spent another season with Coventry City, now in the Football League Second Division. After making only one league appearance he played out his career with a trio of clubs in Wales, Wrexham, Pembroke Dock and Ebbw Vale.
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