W. "Pussy" Jones was a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 centre who played club rugby for Cardiff

Cardiff RFC

Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...

 and international rugby for Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

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Rugby career

Jones joined Cardiff in the 1895-96 season and was partnered at centre with Gwyn Nicholls

Gwyn Nicholls

Erith Gwyn Nicholls was a Welsh rugby union player who gained 24 caps for Wales as a centre. Nicholls was known as the "Prince of Threequarters"....

. In his first season in first-class rugby, Jones was selected for the Welsh national team, playing at centre with team mate Nicholls in the 1898 Home Nations Championship

1898 Home Nations Championship

The 1898 Home Nations Championship was the sixteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Five matches were played between 5 February and 2 April. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales....

. Wales had just been readmitted into the competition after the fallout from the Gould Affair, and Jones was brought in as Gould's replacement, an almost impossible task in the eye's of the Welsh public. Played away in Limerick to Ireland, Jones was one of seven Cardiff players, and two new caps from the club, Viv Huzzey

Viv Huzzey

Viv Huzzey was a Welsh rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and won five caps for Wales. Huzzey was also an international baseball player.-Club career:...

 and Tom Dobson

Tom Dobson

Tom Dobson was a Scottish-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. His brother George Dobson was also a rugby player who represented Cardiff and Wales.-Rugby career:...

 scored a try

Try

A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...

 each in a Welsh victory. Jones was reselected for the next Wales game, played away at the Rectory Field

Rectory Field

Rectory Field is a playing field in Blackheath, London. It was developed in the 1880s by Blackheath Cricket, Football and Lawn Tennis Company and became the home of Kent County Cricket Club and rugby union team Blackheath F.C....

 in Blackheath to England. Despite a dropped goal and a try from Huzzey, England beat the Welsh 14-7.

Under the guidance of Nicholls, Jones' performance improved the next season at Cardiff; scoring nine tries. Despite his growth at club level, Jones was left out of the 1899 trial match, and when the 1899 Home Nations Championship

1899 Home Nations Championship

The 1899 Home Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Six matches were played between 5 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales....

 began, Jones was replaced by Newport's Reg Skrimshire

Reg Skrimshire

Reginald "Reg" Truscott Skrimshire was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby for Kent. He won three caps for Wales and was the only Welsh representative on the 1903 British Isles tour.- Rugby career :Skrimshire was born in Crickhowell in 1878,...

, and didn't play at international level again.