Frank Wrentmore
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Wrentmore | |||||
| Born | October→December 1884 Pontypridd, Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1908–08 | Penygraig RFC | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1908–09 | Mid-Rhondda | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Frank Wrentmore (birth registered during October→December 1884 in Pontypridd) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Mid-Rhondda, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Notable tour matches
Frank Wrentmore scored a try in Mid-Rhondda's 6–20 defeat by Australia at King George's Park, Tonypandy (Athletic Ground), Tonypandy.[1]
Christmas truce
Frank Wrentmore participated in the Christmas truce, a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during the World War I.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter Lush, David Farrar (1998). "Tries in the Valley: A History of Rugby League in Wales". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 0952606437
- ↑ "Christmas Truce 1914 → Wales". christmastruce.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Search for "Wrentmore" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Christmas Truce 1914 → Soldiers
- Christmas Truce 1914 → Wales
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