[2] Jones was born in Brighton and earned one cap for England in a 3–0 win v Ireland at the Dell on 9 March 1901 while playing professionally for Bristol City.
Jones missed only one match in 1899–1900, he began as right half but moved to centre forward when Alex Caie was transferred to Millwall.
[3] When Bristol City made their Football League debut in the Second Division on 7 September 1901 Jones played right half.
When Bristol City won the Second Division championship in 1905–06 the injury prone Jones made 18 appearances playing in all of the record sequence of 14 successive wins early in the season.
[4] After retiring from football Jones was landlord of the "Barley Mow" in Bedminster and died in 1959 at Snowdon Road Hospital, Bristol.