Garth Jones

Garth Glennie Jones (18 November 1931 — 22 March 1993) was an Australian rugby union international.^[1]

Garth Jones

Full name	Garth Glennie Jones
Date of birth	(1931-11-18)18 November 1931
Place of birth	Childers, QLD, Australia
Date of death	22 March 1993(1993-03-22) (aged 61)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1952–56 Australia 12 (12)

Born in Childers, Jones learnt his rugby at Brisbane Boys' College.^[2]

Jones, a red-haired GPS winger, was capped 12 times for the Wallabies. On the 1953 tour of South Africa, he scored the winning try against the Springboks in Cape Town, running the length of the field to put the Wallabies in front with two minutes remaining.^[3] His final Wallabies appearance in 1956 was against the Springboks in Sydney.^[2]

See also

• List of Australia national rugby union players

References

1. "Garth Jones 'Top Winger In World'". The Courier-Mail. 28 September 1953. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Garth Glennie Jones". classicwallabies.com.au.
3. "Wallabies in Shock Rugby Test Victory". The Age. 7 September 1953. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Garth Jones at ESPNscrum