death_date ru_nationalcaps birth_date ru_provinceyears ru_nationalyears ru_provincecaps ru_nationalteam ru_province death_place ru_nationalpoints ru_position other name school occupation birth_place height nickname ru_amateurclubs ru_provincepoints weight article_title birth_name
7 june 1994 37 24 march 1932 1950-1961 1953-56 , 1958-60 79 all blacks north auckland waipapakauri , new zealand -lrb- 60 -rrb- -lrb- 20 tries -rrb- no 8 or flanker yes peter jones kaitaia college fisherman kaitaia , new zealand 1.88 m ftin on tiger awanui awanui 90 -lrb- 30 tries -rrb- 108 kg lb on peter jones -lrb- new zealand rugby union -rrb-
 peter frederick hilton-jones
peter jones -lrb- new zealand rugby union -rrb-

peter frederick hilton jones -lrb- 24 march 1932 -- 7 june 1994 -rrb- was a former new zealand international rugby union player .
he played for the all blacks in 37 matches -lrb- including eleven test matches -rrb- between 1953 and 1960 .
jones was brought into ted griffin 's northland auckland team in 1950 as an eighteen-year-old and became an immediate sensation .
he was part of the north auckland side under johnny smith 's captaincy , which beat south canterbury in timaru to win the ranfurly shield in 1950 .
by the end of his provincial career , jones had scored 30 tries in 79 appearances for north auckland jones was listed at and when he made his debut in bob stuart 's 1953-54 all black side that toured britain and france .
by mid-tour he was weighed at .
he played in the tests against england and scotland and finished the tour with six tries from 12 appearances .
with an impressive physique that averaged about in the second half of his career , jones was also blessed with the speed of a sprinter .
rugby journalist terry mclean reported that jones was capable of running in 10 seconds .
jones played 37 times for new zealand and scored 20 tries .
he was probably best remembered for his memorable try in the series-ending test against the springboks in 1956 .
