Denzil Jones
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| Full name | Denzil Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | second ¼ 1926 Merthyr Tydfil district, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 December 2010 (aged 84) Margam, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Denzil Jones (birth registered second ¼ 1926[2] – 25 December 2010), also known by the nickname of "Buck" (after actor Buck Jones), was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Taibach RFC and Aberavon RFC, as a prop, and club level rugby league (RL) for Wigan, as a prop.
Background
[edit]Denzil Jones' birth was registered in Merthyr Tydfil district, Wales, he worked at the Margam Knuckle Yard. and he died aged 84 in Margam, Wales.
Playing career
[edit]Notable rugby union tour matches
[edit]Denzil Jones played, and was captain, in the combined Aberavon RFC/Neath RFC teams' 0–22 defeat by South Africa at Talbot Athletic Ground, Aberavon on Saturday 17 November 1951.[3]
Rugby league club career
[edit]Denzil Jones' made his début for Wigan in the 34-3 victory over Barrow at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 24 January 1953, and scored his first try for Wigan in the 37-5 victory over Liverpool City at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 7 March 1953.
Personal life
[edit]Denzil Jones was married to Betty Smart.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Tourists". aberavonwizards.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Obituary at thisisannouncements.co.uk". thisisannouncements.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Obituary at bmdsonline.co.uk
- Jones, Denzil Family Announcements
- (archived by web.archive.org) Quiz Answers 2
- 1926 births
- 2010 deaths
- 20th-century Welsh sportsmen
- Aberavon RFC players
- Rugby league players from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
- Rugby league props
- Rugby union players from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
- Rugby union props
- Taibach RFC players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wigan Warriors players