Rugby Career
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 RFC 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 St. 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. 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. Jones-Davies scored one of the tries in the England game, and after Wales won the last two games of the tournament he found himself part of a Championship winning team.
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.
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