Bobby Lloyd

For other people of the same name, see Robert Lloyd.
Bobby Lloyd
Full name Robert Lloyd
Place of birth Crickhowell, Wales
Place of death Halifax, England
Occupation(s) miner[1]
Rugby league career
Position Scrum-half/Halfback, Forward
Professional clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1914 - ≥1921 Halifax
National teams
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1920
1921		 Great Britain
Wales		 1
1		 (0)
(0)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
 ?-1914 Pontypool RFC
Monmouthshire County RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1913-1914 Wales[2] 7 (0)

Robert "Bobby" Lloyd (1888–18 January 1930) was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Pontypool and county rugby for Monmouthshire. He won seven caps for Wales and played in the 1913 and 1914 Five Nations Championships. Lloyd was a favourite at Pontypool and was one of the finest scrum-halves produced by the club.

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Rugby career

In 1912, Lloyd faced the touring South Africans as part of the Monmouthshire County team. Lloyd played well and gave the Springbok halves, Freddie Luyt and Fred Dobbin a difficult match, though the tourists class shone through to win the game comfortably.[3]

Lloyd was first capped for Wales in a winning game against Scotland on 1 February 1913. The game was played at Inverleith and both sides had a sparsity of international experience; though Wales were captained by the veteran Billy Trew. Lloyd played in the next six consecutive games in the Five Nations Championships, which saw Wales finish second to England in both tournaments.

International matches

Wales[4]

International rugby league matches

Bobby Lloyd won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1921, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia.[5][6]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Wales team visit Big Pit WRU news article
  2. ^ Welsh Rugby Union
  3. ^ Billot (1974), pg 76.
  4. ^ Smith (1980), pg 468.
  5. ^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
  6. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Robbie_Lloyd/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01.