Jones, a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, was born in Suddie in what was then British Guiana (now part of Guyana's Pomeroon-Supenaam region).
[1] He was one of four Essequibo players from Suddie, the others being batsmen Alfred Maycock and Lennox Alves, and fast bowler Courtney Gonsalves.
[2][3][4] In the match, played against Berbice at the Kayman Sankar Cricket Ground in Hampton Court (on the Atlantic coast), Jones scored five runs in each innings.
He came in ninth in Essequibo's first innings, and was caught by Hubern Evans off the bowling of Leslaine Lambert.
He was again dismissed by Lambert in the second innings (caught by Derek Kallicharran), having been promoted to number three, behind Fitz Garraway and Kamroze Mohammed.