 Jones played in Eastern Suburbs first match, and, although a reserve, is recognised as one of the first Australian representatives to come from the Eastern Suburbs club which included Dally Messenger.Jones, who played in two test matches for Kangaroo's, was the scorer of the winning try in Australia,'s first test match victory.Jones also went on the first 'Kangaroo tour', although not playing in any of the tests, he did play in five tour matches against English county sides.