military physician rugby union player
Jones-Davies was born in Nantgaredig, Carmarthen to agricultural co-operative pioneer Henry Jones-Davies and Winifred Anna Ellis. He married in 1938 Nesta, the daughter of Doctor & Mistress Hector Jones, Maesteg.
They had one son.
He was educated ar Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen and Street George"s School, Harpenden before gaining a place at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Saint George"s Hospital, London.
He played club rugby for Llanelli and London Welsh. Colonel T.E. Jones-Davies. He was appointed High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1952.
After gaining his medical qualifications he served as an assistant medical officer in London before becoming the Medical Officer for Health for Radnorshire in 1938.
During World World War II he served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. After the war he was appointed a consultant physician at the West Wales Hospital, Carmarthen, a position he held for ten years until his death.
Jones-Davies was first selected to play for the Welsh national team in the country"s opening game of the 1930 Five Nations Championship while team captain of London Welsh. Played at the Cardiff Arms Park in a match against England, Jones-Davies was one of four new Welsh caps in the squad.
Hickman of Neath, Ocker Thomas of Abertillery Reconstruction Finance Corporation and fellow London Welsh player David Edward Roberts.
Wales lost the match 11-3, Jones-Davies scoring the three Welsh points with a try. Jones-Davies was not selected for the away game to Scotland, but was back in the team to face the Irish at Saint Helen"s ground in Swansea. Playing alongside London Welsh stalwart Wick Powell, Jones-Davies finished on the winning side as Wales beat Ireland, robbing them of the Triple Crown.
Jones-Davies played two more games for Wales, both as part of the 1931 Five Nations Championship.
In 1930 Jones-Davies was selected for the British Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. Jones-Davies was one of seven Welsh players chosen to represent the Lions on the tour, but unlike his countrymen he did not play in any of the five test games.
International matches played
Wales
England 1930, 1931
Ireland 1930
Scotland 1931.
Under the captaincy of Penarth"s Jack Bassett, Jones-Davies was a member of the Welsh team that drew with England at Twickenham and beat Scotland at the Arms Park.
