Alexander Fletcher Jones (1854 – 16 February 1878) was a Welsh amateur footballer who played at centre-forward for Wales in their second international match against Scotland in March 1877.
[2] In 1872, he went up to Brasenose College, Oxford where he was a "brilliant scholar"[2] attaining first class honours degrees in Mathematics in 1875 and Natural Sciences in 1876.
[2] Whilst at the college he joined the 2nd Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps, being promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in January 1878.
[6] A month later, on 16 February 1878, he was in charge of a party from the Clifton College Cadet Corps who had been practising at the firing range at Avonmouth.
[1] Jones is commemorated with a memorial window at Oswestry school[2] and a brass plaque in the ante-chapel at Clifton College:In memory of Alexander Fletcher Jones, B.A.A Master in this College, Who was killed by the accidental discharge of a rifle at Sea Mills, February 16th, 1878, Aged 24 years.