Gwyn Thomas (rugby)

For the Welsh cricketer for Glamorgan CCC, and rugby union footballer for Neath RFC, see Gwyn Thomas (cricketer).
Gwyn Thomas
Personal information
Full name William Gwyn Thomas
Born 22 Oct 1892
Treherbert, Glamorgan, Wales
Died 11 Jan 1984
Indian River, Florida, USA
Playing information
Height 5 ft 10 3⁄4 in (179.7 cm)
Weight 12 st 6 lb (79 kg)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1912–13 Cardiff 3 0 0 0 0
London Welsh
Total 3 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915 Barbarian F.C. 1
Rugby league
Position Fullback, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1913–15 Wigan 43 5 8 0 31
1918–19 Wigan 7
1918–2? Huddersfield
Total 50 5 8 0 31
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1914–21 Wales 2 0 0 0 0
1914–22 Great Britain 9 0 0 0 0
1921 Other Nationalities 1 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

W. Gwyn Thomas (1892 — 1984[1]) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s , playing invitational level rugby union (RU) for Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Cardiff RFC, and London Welsh RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan, and Huddersfield, as a Fullback, or Centre, i.e. number 1, or, 3 or 4.[2][3]

Thomas won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1914 against Australia, while at Huddersfield in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1922 against Australia.[4] He won a cap for the Other Nationalities rugby league team while at Huddersfield, won 2 caps for Wales in 1914–1921 while at Wigan and Huddersfield. Thomas played rugby union for Barbarian F.C. against South Africa in November 1915.[5] By this time, Gwyn Thomas had played rugby league for Wigan, the animosity between the rugby union, and rugby league code would normally have precluded any rugby league footballer from ever playing rugby union again, however this match took place during World War I, and for the morale of the country, the antagonism between the codes was temporarily relaxed. Thomas was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas family crypt"
  2. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  3. ↑ "The English Team". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Collins, Tony (2006). Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain. UK: Taylor & Francis. p. 15. ISBN 9780415396141. Retrieved 15 February 2011.

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