[2] Jones was educated at Chatham House School in Ramsgate and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
[3] On graduation from Cambridge University, he qualified as a solicitor and then practised in his home town for more than 50 years up to his death.
[3] A right-handed middle-order batsman, Jones played in first-class matches in 1877 with little success for both Cambridge University and Kent.
[4] He was given a more extended run in the Cambridge team in the 1879 season, although not notably successful, and was also picked for the University match against Oxford, but failed to score in his only innings.
[6] The following year he did rather better and in the Cambridge University match against the Gentlemen of England, he scored 124, his only first-class century.