![]() Howel Jones 1882-1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Howell Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 April 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pontneddfechan, Powys, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 December 1908 | (aged 26)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Neath Intermediate School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Howie Jones, son | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | surveyor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Howell Jones (5 April 1882 - 1 December 1908)[1] was a Welsh rugby union forward who played for the rugby club Neath and county rugby for Glamorgan. He gained just a single cap for the Wales national team in 1904. Jones came from a sporting family, and his son, Howie Jones, also represented Wales in rugby union.