John Arthur Eyton-Jones (25 September 1862 – 3 March 1940) was a Welsh footballer who played as a forward. He was part of the Wales national team between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.[4]
He was part of the Wales national football team between 1883 and 1884, playing four matches and scoring one goal. He played his first match on 17 March 1883 against Ireland and his last match on 29 March 1884 against Scotland.[7]
Eyton-Jones worked as a local doctor and surgeon in the Wrexham area and lived at Abbotsfield on Grosvenor Road. This elegant neo-gothic Grade II Listed house was designed by architect James Reynolds Gummow of the Wrexham architect family in the 1860s as a private residence, and was purchased by Eyton-Jones in 1895.[12]
Abbotsfield.
He married twice, firstly in 1890 to Annie Isabella Shand Stodart-Milne. They had a daughter Margaret Susannah Maurice Eyton-Jones. Annie died in 1908 aged 38. Eyton-Jones married again in 1909 to Marie Anne Jones, a State Registered Nurse. Their son Arthur Paget Eyton-Jones was born in 1920.[5]
