Gwyn Richards

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Gwyn Richards
Personal information
Full name	Ernest Gwyn Richards
Born	22 December 1905 Bryncethin, Wales
Died	17 December 1985(1985-12-17) (aged 79) Bridgend, Wales
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 (born 22 December 1905 in Bryncethin — died 17 December 1985(1985-12-17) (aged 79) in Bridgend) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s, 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]

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 1932–33 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 6 May 1933.<ref name="Fartown At Wembley - "The Wembley Years" - 1933, 1935, 1953 And 1962">"Fartown At Wembley - "The Wembley Years" - 1933, 1935, 1953 And 1962". huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. </ref> and played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Huddersfield's 8-11 defeat to Castleford in the 1934–35 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 4 May 1935.^[3]

References

↑ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
↑ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "Castleford Beat Huddersfield For Rugby League Cup". newspapers.nl.sg. 23 May 1935. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

v t e Huddersfield Giants squad – 1933 Challenge Cup Final Winners

1 Tommy Scourfield 2 Ernie Mills 3 Stan Brogden 4 Leonard Bowkett (c) 5 Ray T. Markham 6 Gwyn Richards 7 Leslie Adams 8 Herbert Sherwood 9 Cyril Halliday 10 Thomas Banks 11 Henry Tiffany 12 Frederick Talbot 13 Frederick Brindle Coach: Chris Brockbank

v t e Huddersfield Giants squad – 1935 Challenge Cup Final runners-up

1 Tommy Scourfield 2 Stanley J. Mountain 3 Idriss A. Towill 4 Alexander Erskine Fiddes (c) 5 Ray T. Markham 6 Gwyn Richards 7 David Morgan Davies 8 Reginald S. Roberts 9 William Watson 10 Herbert Sherwood 11 Henry Tiffany 12 John Fuller 13 Frederick Talbot Coach: Chris Brockbank

Persondata
Name	Richards, Ernest
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
Date of birth	22 December 1905
Place of birth	Bryncethin
Date of death	17 December 1985
Place of death	Bridgend

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