Albert Pryce-Jones

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Albert Pryce-Jones
Personal information
Full name Albert Westhead Pryce-Jones
Date of birth (1870-05-26)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 ((1870-05-26)26 May 1870 – 17 August 1946) was a Welsh international footballer.[2]

Pryce-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.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Barrett, Matthew K. (9 March 2015). "The Welshman".
  2. ^ "Newtown's Welsh internationals". Penmon. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Albert Pryce-Jones". Patriots, Crooks and Safety-Firsters.
  4. ^ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Remembering Newtown Football Club's golden generation". County Times.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Pryce-Jones William Ernest". www.newtownremembers.org.uk.
  8. ^ "Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Westhead Pryce-Jones". www.canadiangreatwarproject.com.
  9. ^ "Pryce-Jones Albert Westhead Obe Td". www.newtownremembers.co.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2020.