Gwyn Richards
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Ernest Gwyn Richards | |||||
| Born | 22 December 1905 Bryncethin, Wales |
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| Died | 17 December 1985 (aged 79) Bridgend, Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Fly-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Bryncethin RFC | ||||||
| Bridgend RFC | ||||||
| 1926–27 | Cardiff RFC | 44 | 6 | |||
| Torquay Athletic RFC | ||||||
| Total | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1927 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1927–≥35 | Huddersfield | |||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Ernest Gwyn Richards (22 December 1905 – 17 December 1985) born in Bryncethin, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a Fly-half, i.e. number 10, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Huddersfield,[1] he died in Bridgend.
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Playing career
International Honours
Gwyn Richards won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff RFC in 1927 against Scotland.[2]
Challenge Cup final appearances
Gwyn Richards played Stand-off/Five-eighth and scored a try in Huddersfield's 21–17 victory over Warrington in the 1933 Challenge Cup final during the 1932–33 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 6 May 1933.[3] and played Stand-off/Five-eighth in the 8-11 defeat by Castleford in the 1935 Challenge Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1935.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
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External links
- Infobox rugby league biography templates updated
- 1905 births
- 1985 deaths
- Bridgend RFC players
- Bryncethin RFC players
- Cardiff RFC players
- Footballers who switched code
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Sportspeople from Bridgend
- Rugby union fly-halves
- Wales international rugby union players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
