Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Benjamin Lewis Jones
- Born
- Saturday, 11th April, 1931
- Died
- Monday, 4th March, 2024 (Aged 92 years and 327 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales
Coaching Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Club Career - Australia | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preseason Cup | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |
| Overall | Games | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| First Class | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Tim Costello
Your Say
5 Jun 2012 12:44pm
The latter part of Lewis Jones' playing career was spent in the Sydney Second Division as player-coach for the highly-successful Wentworthville Magpies in the 1960s.
The Welsh centre/fullback, who also represented Wales at Rugby Union, was a prolific goalkicker
both in Britain and Australia.
3 Apr 2016 8:32pm
The great Ken Thornett has always and continues to nominate Lewis Jones as the best player he has ever seen. He got to see him close up when they were teammates at Leeds. I was lucky enough as a boy growing up in Sydney to witness his skills at the end of his career at Wenty. His leadership on and off the field was exemplary.
26 Dec 2018 5:13am
Elected to the Leeds Rugby League Hall of Fame.
Still thought to be the best Welsh Rugby Union capture by Leeds.
10 Oct 2019 12:06pm
Does anyone know what his win/loss record was at Wentworthville ?
16 Feb 2024 9:25am
The brilliance of Lewis Jones, the first goose-stepper, and couldn't he use it.
12 Mar 2024 6:21am
Spent a few nights, drinking with Lewis, in the Queens Hotel, in Leeds, on the Saturday evenings before the Great Britain reunions, on Sunday afternoons, in the hotel. I was with my ex father in law, Ray Price, who was on the 1954 tour of Australia, with Lewis. He was a genuinely lovely, modest gentleman, who was great company. A real legend.
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