[4] Jones made his debut for the Pilgrims on 26 August 1939, his only league appearance for the club prior to World War II, during a 3–1 defeat at home to West Ham United.
He returned to Plymouth for the 1945–46 season, making his second debut on 25 August 1945 in a 5–5 away draw with Southampton in the Football League South and made 29 appearances before resuming play in the Second Division in 1946–47.
After falling out of favour at Home Park and making just one appearance in the 1948–49 season, a game in which he scored in a 6–1 defeat to Fulham, he joined Southend United.
[4] Southend signed Jones in August 1949, and he went on to make 29 appearances for the Shrimpers in the Football League during his single season with the club.
[10] A 3–1 defeat to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on 4 April 1953 saw Jones make his final appearance for Colchester.