Gwyn Richards
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Gwyn Richards | |||||
| Born | 22 December 1905 Bryncethin, Wales | |||||
| Died | 17 December 1985 (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 (22 December 1905 – 17 December 1985) born in Bryncethin, 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] he died in Bridgend.
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 1933 Challenge Cup final during the 1932–33 season at Wembley Stadium, London 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" (PDF). huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.</ref> and played stand-off/five-eighth in the 8-11 defeat by Castleford in the 1935 Challenge Cup final during the 1934–35 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1935.[3][4]
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.
- ↑ "Sat 4th May 1935 - Challenge Cup - Neutral Ground - 39,000". thecastlefordtigers ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Castleford Beat Huddersfield For Rugby League Cup". newspapers.nl.sg. 23 May 1935. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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