Douglas Marsden-Jones

Douglas Marsden-Jones

Full name	Douglas Marsden-Jones
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Place of death	London, Wales
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Cardiff RFC London Welsh RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1921-1924 1924	Wales[1] British Isles	2 2	(0) (0)

Douglas Marsden-Jones CBE (1893 – 5 January 1955) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh. Marsden-Jones was also a member of Ronald Cove-Smith's British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1924.

Rugby career

Marsden-Jones played just two games for Wales. The first was the opening game of the 1921 Five Nations Championship against England on 15 January. Marsden-Jones was one of seven new caps to play under the captaincy of Jack Wetter at Twickenham, and after a string of serious injuries, Wales lost the game 18-3. His second game would take over three years, when he was selected to face the touring New Zealand team in 1924. It was another heavy defeat for the Welsh side and Marsden-Jones was not selected again.

In 1924 Marsden-Jones was selected to tour South Africa with the British Isles team and played in two tests.

He continued his rugby career by captaining London Welsh for several seasons.

International games played

Wales^[2]

•  England 1921
•  New Zealand 1924

British Isles

•  South Africa 1924, 1924

Personal life

During the First World War he fought in the British Army, seving in the Gloucestershire Yeomanry. In 1938 as Director of Factories he was seconded to mobilise a workforce of 30,000 to staff the Ordnance Factories throughout the country. In 1952 he was nominated for the CBE by Winston Churchill for this major contribution to the war effort. This was presented by the Queen in her New Years Honours list.

Bibliography

• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3. 

References

1. ^ WRU player profile
2. ^ Smith (1980), pg 468.

Persondata
Name	Marsden-Jones, Douglas
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1893
Place of birth	Swansea, Wales
Date of death	5 January 1955
Place of death	London, Wales