In 1958, he won the World Amateur Billiards Championship held at Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta.
This was followed up by another world title in 1964 in New Zealand
When Jones entered the fray at Calcutta in 1958 he had lost thrice.
It was to be fourth-time lucky for Wilson Jones when he became the first World billiards champion from India.
. His toughest opposition came of course from Leslie Driffield.
