| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Gomer Hughes | |||||
| Born | 13 May 1910 Neath, Wales |
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| Died | 14 November 1974 (aged 64) Salford, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1934–≥1934 | Penarth RFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1934–1934 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945–1946 | Wales XV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1935–≥1940 | Swinton | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1935–1940 | Wales | 3 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Gomer Hughes (13 May 1910 in Neath[1] — 14 November 1974 in Salford) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for Wales, and Wales XV, and at club level for Penarth RFC, playing at Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Swinton.[2]
Gomer Hughes represented Wales XV (RU) while at Swinton (RL) in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, won caps for Wales (RU) while at Penarth RFC (RU) in 1934 England, Scotland, and Ireland, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Swinton (RL) 1935…1940 3-caps.[3]
Six rugby league footballers represented Wales XV (RU) while at rugby league clubs, they were; Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Gomer Hughes, Hugh Lloyd-Davies, Harold Thomas, and Leslie Thomas.
Gomer Hughes, and Harold Thomas had previously won Wales (RU) caps, but the other footballers hadn't, and having already changed to the rugby league code they were unable to do so, but Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Leslie Thomas, did go on to win Wales (RL) caps.