Dai Lewis

For other people of the same name, see David Lewis.
For the rugby league footballer of the 1900s for Other Nationalities, and Oldham, see David Lewis (rugby league). For the rugby union footballer for Gloucester, see Dave Lewis (rugby union).
Dai Lewis
Full name David Henry Lewis
Date of birth (1866-12-04)4 December 1866
Place of birth Radyr, Wales
Date of death 8 September 1943(1943-09-08) (aged 76)
Place of death Buffalo, New York, United States
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Forward
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Cardiff RFC
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1886 Wales Wales 2 (0)

David 'Dai' Henry Lewis (4 December 1866 - 8 September 1943) was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales.

Rugby career

Lewis was first capped for Wales whilst playing for Cardiff. He was selected for Charlie Newman's Wales team to face England in the opening match of the 1886 Home Nations Championship. Lewis was one of four new caps brought into the Welsh pack, alongside fellow Cardiff team-mate George Young, Llanelli's Evan Roberts and Swansea's William Bowen. Wales lost the match narrowly, but the selectors kept faith with Lewis for the next game against Scotland. The Scotland game, played at the Cardiff Arms Park, is noted for being the first international game to see a team use the four threequarter system. With Newman unavailable, the captaincy was passed to Frank Hancock, the Cardiff centre known for introducing the new back formation at club level. With six Cardiff players in the team, including Lewis, it was seen as a good time to experiment the system at international level. The experiment was seen as a failure and was abandoned with disastrous effect halfway through the match. Wales lost the match and Lewis was not selected for his country again.

International games played

Wales[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. Smith (1980), pg 468.
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