| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Henry Morgan Rees | |||||
| Born | 17 February 1938 Neath, Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Fly-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1962–≥1962 | Maesteg RFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1962–1962 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≥1962–≥1962 | Leeds | |||||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Alan Henry Morgan Rees (born 17 February 1938 in Neath) is a former Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Maesteg RFCat Fly-half. Changing codes in 1963, he played rugby league (RL) for Leeds.[1]
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Alan Rees won three caps for Wales (RU) in 1962 against England, Scotland, and France.[2]
Alan Rees also played cricket for Glamorgan, making 216 first-class appearances between 1955 and 1968.[3] A fine fielder, he appeared as a substitute in the Third Test Match against Australia at Headingley, taking the catch that dismissed Burge off the bowling of Fred Trueman. In the match against Middlesex at Lord's in 1965, he became only the second player ever to be given out handled the ball in the County Championship.[4] In 1970 and 1971, he reappeared in Gillette Cup and John Player league matches.