Evan Richards

Evan Richards
Full name Evan Sloane Richards
Date of birth 23 January 1862
Place of birth Swansea, Wales
Date of death 19 April 1931 (aged 69)
Place of death Llandaff, Wales[1]
Notable relative(s) Evan Matthew Richards (father)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Forward
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Swansea RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1885-1887 Wales[2] 2 (0)

Evan Sloane Richards (23 January 1862 – 19 April 1931) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea, captaining the club through three seasons during the 1880s. Richards' father was Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Evan Matthew Richards.

Rugby career

Richards first came to prominence within rugby as a club player for Swansea. Before being selected to represent the Welsh team, he was made captain of Swansea in the 1883/84 season. The next season Richards was capped for Wales in the opening game of the 1885 Home Nations Championship against England. Captained by Newport's Charlie Newman, Wales lost the match by three tries and Richards lost his place for the next game.

Richards was again Swansea captain in the 1886/87 season, and was awarded his second and final Welsh cap in the Scottish game of the 1887 Home Nations Championship. Wales were beaten heavily in a one-sided game, and Richards lost his place to Edward Alexander. Richards would captain Swansea in the 1887/88 season, and during 1888, he refereed two matches in the New Zealand Māori's tour of Europe; the matches against Welsh clubs, Cardiff and Newport.

International games played

Wales[3]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
George Lockwood Morris
Swansea RFC Captain
1883-1884
Succeeded by
William Gwynn
Preceded by
William Gwynn
Swansea RFC Captain
1886-1888
Succeeded by
William Towers