11 Facts About Elvet Jones

Elfed Lewis "Elvet" Jones MBE was a Welsh rugby union whose international career was curtailed due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Elvet Jones played club rugby for Llanelli, and in 1938 he was selected to tour South Africa with the British Isles team.

Elvet Jones was again highest try scorer for Llanelli in the following season, this time ending with 23 tries.

The next season Elvet Jones regained his leading try scorer title with 20, and he experienced his first international opposition as the touring New Zealand team came to Llanelli on 22 October 1935.

Elvet Jones showed his commitment to Llanelli and the amateur game by refusing three approaches to join the professional Northern League, all offers rumoured to have involved a signing-on fee of £400.

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Elvet Jones ended his career with Llanelli as one of their highest try scorers, with a career total of 129, one of the few players to have scored over a hundred tries for the club.

Elvet Jones went on to claim that Welsh rugby 'at international and club level had deteriorated and even international players lack the ability to handle the ball accurately.

An Elvet Jones represented Wales in the Victory Internationals after the war, but he represented Cardiff and Neath.

Elvet Jones was born in Llanelli in 1912, and was educated at Llanelli County School.

Elvet Jones was a magistrate's clerk by profession, and after the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force.

Elvet Jones rose to the rank of squadron leader and received the Belgian Military Cross.