Reginald "Reg" Jones (birth year unknown) is a Welsh former
rugby union
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and professional
rugby league
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footballer who played in the 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for
Maesteg RFC
Maesteg Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, South Wales. The club currently play in the Division 3B west Central Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.
Club history
Maesteg RFC was formed in 18 ...
, and representative level rugby league (RL) for
Wales
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, and at club level for
Salford
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and
Rochdale Hornets
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, as a .
International honours
Jones won a
cap
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for
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
(RL) while at Salford in 1946,
and he also took part in a tour trial at
Headingley
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,
Leeds
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for the
1946 Great Britain Lions tour
The 1946 Great Britain Lions tour was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team of Australia and New Zealand which took place between April and August 1946. The tour involved a schedule of 27 games: 20 in Australia including a three- ...
of Australia, and New Zealand.
[age 71>Robert (Bob) D. Fletcher (1971). ''1871-1971 - A Centenary History of the Rochdale Hornets Football Club Co. Ltd]
Page 71
'. Rochdale Times Ltd. 23 Baillie Street, Rochdale. ISBN n/a
References
External links
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20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Maesteg RFC players
Rochdale Hornets players
Rugby league five-eighths
Rugby league players from Maesteg
Salford Red Devils players
Wales national rugby league team players
Welsh rugby league players
Welsh rugby union players
Year of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Possibly living people