Career
Jones was one of four rugby playing brothers. Jack and David were capped for Wales like James, while the youngest brother Edwin played for club team, Pontypool. As the brothers had the common surname of Jones, the brothers were separated by their nicknames.
James was more often known as "Tuan" and David as "Ponty".
Jones left Wales after leaving Christ College, Brecon, moving to London to follow a medical career. While in London, he played for Blackheath, Guy"s Hospital and Welsh exiles, London Welsh.
While representing Guy"s Hospital, he was offered a place on Arthur Harding"s Anglo-Welsh team, which toured Australaisa in 1908. Despite a British Isles tour and captaining both Guy"s Hospital and Blackheath, it took Jones until 1913 to be selected for the Welsh national team
His one and only game for Wales was against Scotland as part of the 1913 Five Nations Championship.
Under the captaincy of Billy Trew, Jones was part of a winning Welsh side and scored one of two tries. Jones, a doctor by profession, later emigrated to Australia and practised in Melbourne. As an old British Lion he was introduced to the 1959 team when they toured Australia.
He died in Melbourne in 1964.
International matches played
Wales
Scotland 1913
International matches played for the British Isles
New Zealand 1908, 1908.
