 Jones kicked 3 goals in his eleventh senior game — i.e., his fourth senior game in his third senior season with Carlton — in Carlton's 15.10 (100) victory over Hawthorn 11.11 (77) in the round 4 match of the 1968 home-and-away-season.He sustained an injury to his foot; and, during the following week, he contacted a dose of the 'flu.Due to concerns about whether he was well enough to play an entire senior match, he was omitted from the senior team for round 5, and was selected to play in the Reserves.