Billy Jenkins (rugby player)

Billy Jenkins
Full name William Joseph Jenkins
Date of birth (1886-05-18)May 18, 1886
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Date of death December 23, 1956(1956-12-23) (aged 70)
Place of death Cardiff, Wales
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
1909-1920
1915-1921
Cardiff RFC
Barbarian F.C.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1912-1913 Wales 4 (0)

William Jospeh "Billy" Jenkins (18 May 1885 - 23 December 1956) was a Welsh international forward who played club rugby for Swansea.[1] He won four caps for Wales ending on the losing side just once.[1]

Personal history

Jenkins was born in Cardiff in 1885. His younger brother Eddie became a football player of note in the association game winning a single cap for Wales in 1925.[2] Outside of rugby Jenkins worked in the building trade.[2]

Rugby career

Jenkins joined Cardiff in the 1909-10 season, but it wasn't until 1912 that he was selected to play for Wales.[1][3] He turned out on 9 March 1912 against Ireland at the Balmoral Showgrounds, in a match Wales lost 12-5. Two weeks later he played his second game for Wales, this time at Rodney Parade against France.[1] Although Wales won the game, eight members of the Welsh team played their last Five Nations Championship game. Jenkins was one of the seven players to survive this cull and he was chosen to play in two matches the next season in the 1913 Five Nations Championship.[1]

Jenkins was also selected to play for invitational touring team, the Barbarians. He played twice for the Barbarians, a war-time match against the SA Services in 1915 and later against Neath in 1921.[4]

International matches played

Wales

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Billy Jenkins". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Jenkins 1991, p. 82.
  3. Davies 1975, p. 219.
  4. "Player Archive: W.J. Jenkins". barbarianfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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