| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Harold Watkin Thomas | |||||
| Born | 19 February 1914 Neath, Wales |
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| Died | 10 December 1989 (aged 75) Neath, Wales |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1936–≥1937 | Neath RFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1936–1937 | Wales | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945–1946 | Wales XV | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1937–1945 | Salford | 119 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1938–1939 | Wales | 2 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Harold Watkin Thomas (19 February 1914 in Neath — 10 December 1989 in Neath) 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 Neath RFC, playing at Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Wales, and club level played for Salford.[1]
Harold Thomas won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1936 against England, Scotland, and Ireland, and in 1937 against England, Scotland, and Ireland, represented Wales XV (RU) while at Salford (RL) in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Salford 1938…1939 2-caps.[2]
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, Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Leslie Thomas, did go on to win Wales (RL) caps, but Hugh Lloyd-Davies, and W. E. "Billy" Williams won neither Wales (RU) nor Wales (RL) caps.