Albert Pryce-Jones
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Westhead Pryce-Jones | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1870 | ||
Place of birth | Newtown, Wales | ||
Date of death | 17 August 1946[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
Shrewsbury School | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
-1891 | Cambridge University | ||
1891-1898 | Newtown | ||
International career | |||
1895 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Pryce-Jones (Welsh international footballer.[2]
26 May 1870 – 17 August 1946) was aPryce-Jones was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1870. He was the son of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, a former Conservative member of the British House of Commons.[3]
He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 18 March 1895 against England.[4][5]
In 1895 he played for Newtown in their Welsh Cup victory.[6] He appeared alongside his brother William Pryce-Jones who was also an international footballer for Wales.[7]
He emigrated to Calgary, Canada in 1910 where he established the department store Pryce-Jones Ltd.[3]
He served in the Canadian infantry in World War I.[8][9] He died in August 1946 aged 76.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Barrett, Matthew K. (9 March 2015). "The Welshman".
- ^ "Newtown's Welsh internationals". Penmon. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Albert Pryce-Jones". Patriots, Crooks and Safety-Firsters.
- ^ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Remembering Newtown Football Club's golden generation". County Times.
- ^ "NOTES ON FOOTBALL.|1895-04-20|The Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid-Wales Advertiser - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Pryce-Jones William Ernest". www.newtownremembers.org.uk.
- ^ "Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Westhead Pryce-Jones". www.canadiangreatwarproject.com.
- ^ "Pryce-Jones Albert Westhead Obe Td". www.newtownremembers.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2020.