[2][3] Rugby league historian Robert Gate has described Lewis Jones as "arguably the most devastating attacking back Wales has ever produced.

"[4] Born on 11 April 1931, in Gorseinon, Swansea,[1][3] Lewis Jones was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, where he played both rugby and cricket.

This was a match Jones might easily have missed, as he had been about to depart for Hong Kong on board an aircraft carrier until the orders were countermanded on discovering that he was a rugby player.

[4] In November 1952, Jones signed for Leeds rugby league club for a record £6,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £419,300 in 2016).

[7] Jones played stand-off, was the captain, and scored a try, and five conversions in Leeds' 25–10 victory over Warrington in the Championship Final at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 20 May 1961, in front of a crowd of 52,177.

[8][7] After the 1953 game against France, Wales did not play another RFL officially recognised international match until 1968; but during this period, a representative Wales team played in two games against France, both of which are now considered official by the Rugby League Record Keepers Society who provide data to International Rugby League.

[4] As of 2015, he is ninth in British rugby league's "most points in a career" record list behind; Neil Fox, Jim Sullivan, Kevin Sinfield, Gus Risman, John Woods, Mick Nanyn, Cyril Kellett and Kel Coslett.