John Jones (footballer, born 1856) Stars 3–1 in a replay. John Jones (footballer, born 1856) John Jones (born 1856) was a Welsh amateur footballer who spent most of his football career with Druids, and played for the Wales national football team in their first international match in 1876. Jones worked as a coal-miner at Gwersyllt, near Wrexham and joined the Druids club, based in his home town of Ruabon, in 1875. In February 1876, he took part in trials organized by Llewelyn Kenrick (one of the founders of the Druids club) to select Welsh players to represent their country in a match against Scotland. The
Eloise Jones (footballer) Eloise Jones (footballer) Eloise Jones (born 28 April 1999) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). In addition to football, Jones also played basketball before her AFLW career. In 2017 she captained the Allies at the Under-18 National Championships and was named as part of the championships' All Australian team. Before being drafted, Jones was part of Adelaide's Girls High Performance Squad. She turned down a college basketball scholarship in the United States in order to focus on football, and she played for Glenelg in the inaugural season of the SANFL