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Lewis Jones

Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Benjamin Lewis Jones
Born
Saturday, 11th April, 1931
Died
Monday, 4th March, 2024 (Aged 92 years and 327 days)
Place Of Birth
Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales

Competitions Won

Test Series
1954 New Zealand vs Great Britain, 1955 Great Britain vs New Zealand
European Championship
1955/56

Honours & Awards

English Hall Of Fame
2013

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International   Comp Wins Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Tests (Senior International Matches) - 21 - 21 6-6 85     - - 188 - - - 11 9 1 52.38% List
Other International Matches - 4 - 4 5-5 29     - - 73 - - - 3 1 - 75.00% List
The Ashes - 3 - 3 --- 15     - - 30 - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
World Cup - 3 - 3 1-1 10     - - 23 - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List
Tour Matches Leeds RhinosLEE - 2 - 2 --- 7     - - 14 - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
Tour Matches Great BritainGBR - 24 - 24 9-9 137     - - 301 - - - 16 8 - 66.67% List
Tour Matches England KnightsRLX - 1 - 1 --- 3     - - 6 - - - - 1 - 0.00% List
Test Series 2 9 - 9 1-1 35     - - 73 - - - 5 4 - 55.56% List
European Championship 1 3 - 3 1-1 14     - - 31 - - - 2 1 - 66.67% List
Overall   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
First Class  39 - 39 14-14 197     - - 436 - - - 22 16 1 56.41% List

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Wales 1953, 1963   2 - 2 --- 5     - - 10 - - - - 2 - 0.00% List
Great Britain 1954-55, 1957   17 - 17 5-5 71     - - 157 - - - 9 7 1 52.94% List
Other 1955   2 - 2 1-1 9     - - 21 - - - 2 - - 100.00% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Great Britain 1954-1957   4 - 4 5-5 33     - - 81 - - - 4 - - 100.00% List
Rest Of The World 1957   1 - 1 --- -     - - - - - - - 1 - 0.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years   Starts Int APP 3ST 3PT T G   A GK % 2FG FG Pts Bin5 Bin Off W L D Win%  
Great Britain 1954-1957   3 - 3 1-1 10     - - 23 - - - 1 2 - 33.33% List

Your Say

  • Step & Swerve
    5 Jun 2012 1:44pm

    The latter part of Lewis Jones' playing career was spent in the Sydney Second Division as player-coach for the highly-successful Wentworthville Magpies in the 1960s.

    The Welsh centre/fullback, who also represented Wales at Rugby Union, was a prolific goalkicker
    both in Britain and Australia.

  • Ian Jones
    3 Apr 2016 9:32pm

    The great Ken Thornett has always and continues to nominate Lewis Jones as the best player he has ever seen. He got to see him close up when they were teammates at Leeds. I was lucky enough as a boy growing up in Sydney to witness his skills at the end of his career at Wenty. His leadership on and off the field was exemplary.

  • Brian Sanderson
    26 Dec 2018 5:13am

    Elected to the Leeds Rugby League Hall of Fame.

    Still thought to be the best Welsh Rugby Union capture by Leeds.

  • Robert Corra
    10 Oct 2019 1:06pm

    Does anyone know what his win/loss record was at Wentworthville ?

  • Peter Phelan
    16 Feb 2024 9:25am

    The brilliance of Lewis Jones, the first goose-stepper, and couldn't he use it.

  • Phil Crozier
    12 Mar 2024 6:21am

    Spent a few nights, drinking with Lewis, in the Queens Hotel, in Leeds, on the Saturday evenings before the Great Britain reunions, on Sunday afternoons, in the hotel. I was with my ex father in law, Ray Price, who was on the 1954 tour of Australia, with Lewis. He was a genuinely lovely, modest gentleman, who was great company. A real legend.

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Sources: Wakefield Trinity Heritage , Warrington Rugby Heritage