1895 Home Nations Championship
Encyclopedia
The 1895 Home Nations Championship was the thirteenth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship
. Six matches were played between 5 January and 16 March. It was contested by England
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
.
Scotland won all their three matches to win the championship outright for the fourth time (excluding two other titles shared with England), and completed the Triple Crown
for the second time.
was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark
were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
(Swansea
), Tom Pearson
(Cardiff
), Owen Badger
(Llanelli
), Arthur Gould (Newport) (capt.), William Llewellyn Thomas
(Newport), Selwyn Biggs
(Cardiff
), Ben Davies
(Llanelli
), Tom Graham
(Newport), Arthur Boucher
(Newport), Wallace Watts
(Newport), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Tom Jackson
(Swansea
), Charles Nicholl
(Llanelli
), Frank Mills
(Cardiff
), William Elsey
(Cardiff
)
England H Ward
(Bradford
), John Fegan
(Blackheath), FA Leslie-Jones (Oxford Uni
), EM Baker (Oxford Uni
), WB Thomson
(Blackheath), RHB Cattell
(Moseley
), EW Taylor
(Rockcliff), Sammy Woods
(Blackheath) capt., FO Poole (Oxford Uni
), William Bromet
(Richmond
), Frank Mitchell
(Cambridge Uni
), William Eldon Tucker
(Cambridge Uni
), C Thomas (Barnstable), GM Carey (Oxford Uni
), HW Finlinson (Blackheath)
----
), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), Willie Neilson (London Scottish), Robin Welsh
(Watsonians
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), M Elliot (Hawick), WB Cownie (Watsonians
), JH Dods
(Edinburgh Acads), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP) capt., WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), Robert MacMillan
(London Scottish), GT Nielson (West of Scotland), TM Scott (West of Scotland), HO Smith (West of Scotland)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
(Swansea
), Tom Pearson
(Cardiff
), Owen Badger
(Llanelli
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Evan Lloyd
(Llanelli
), Selwyn Biggs
(Cardiff
), Fred Parfitt
(Newport), Tom Graham
(Newport), Arthur Boucher
(Newport), Ernie George
(Pontypridd
), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Harry Packer
(Newport), Charles Nicholl
(Llanelli
), Frank Mills
(Cardiff
), Tom Pook
(Newport)
----
(Monkstown
), W Gardiner (NIFC
), S Lee (NIFC
), TH Stevenson (Queen's Uni, Belfast
), Joseph Magee
(Bective Rangers
), Louis Magee
(Bective Rangers
), Benjamin Tuke
(Bective Rangers
), TJ Johnstone (Queen's Uni, Belfast
), H Lindsay (Armargh), AA Brunker (Landsdowne), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers
) capt., HC McCoull (Belfast Albion), Thomas Crean
(Wanderers), Andrew Clinch
(Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown
)
England J. F. Byrne
(Moseley
), John Fegan
(Blackheath), FA Leslie-Jones (Oxford Uni
), EM Baker (Oxford Uni
), WB Thomson
(Blackheath), RHB Cattell
(Moseley
), EW Taylor
(Rockcliff), Sammy Woods
(Blackheath) capt., FO Poole (Oxford Uni
), William Bromet
(Richmond
), Frank Mitchell
(Cambridge Uni
), William Eldon Tucker
(Cambridge Uni
), C Thomas (Barnstable), GM Carey (Oxford Uni
), HW Finlinson (Blackheath)
----
), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), W Nielson (London Scottish), Robin Welsh
(Watsonians
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), Paul Robert Clauss
(Birkenhead Park), WB Cownie (Watsonians
), JH Dods
(Edinburgh Acads), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), TL Hendry (Clydesdale), Robert MacMillan
(London Scottish) capt., GT Nielson (West of Scotland), TM Scott (West of Scotland), JN Millar (West of Scotland)
Ireland J Fulton (NIFC
), W Gardiner (NIFC
), A Montgomery (NIFC
), J O'Connor (Garryowen
), Joseph Magee
(Bective Rangers
), Louis Magee
(Bective Rangers
), Benjamin Tuke
(Bective Rangers
), EH McIlwaine (NIFC
), W O'Sullivan (Queen's C., Cork), WJN Davis (Edinburgh Uni.
), MS Egan (Garryowen
), HC McCoull (Belfast Albion), Thomas Crean
(Wanderers), Andrew Clinch
(Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown
) capt.
----
(Moseley
), John Fegan
(Blackheath), TH Dobson
(Bradford
), EM Baker (Oxford Uni
), WB Thomson
(Blackheath), RHB Cattell
(Moseley
), EW Taylor
(Rockcliff), Sammy Woods
(Blackheath) capt., FO Poole (Oxford Uni
), William Bromet
(Richmond
), Frank Mitchell
(Cambridge Uni
), William Eldon Tucker
(Cambridge Uni
), C Thomas (Barnstable), GM Carey (Oxford Uni
), HW Finlinson (Blackheath)
Scotland: AR Smith (Oxford Uni
), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), W Nielson (London Scottish), Robin Welsh
(Watsonians
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), WP Donaldson (West of Scotland), WB Cownie (Watsonians
), JH Dods
(Edinburgh Acads), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), Robert MacMillan
(London Scottish) capt., GT Nielson (West of Scotland), TM Scott (West of Scotland), JN Millar (West of Scotland)
----
(Swansea
), Tom Pearson
(Cardiff
), Owen Badger
(Llanelli
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Thomas
(Newport), David Morgan
(Llanelli
), Ralph Sweet-Escott
(Cardiff
), Albert Jenkin
(Swansea
), Arthur Boucher
(Newport), Ernie George
(Pontypridd
), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Harry Packer
(Newport), Charles Nicholl
(Llanelli
), Frank Mills
(Cardiff
), Wallace Watts
(Newport)
Ireland J Fulton (NIFC
), W Gardiner (NIFC
), S Lee (NIFC
), AP Gwynn (Dublin Uni.
), TH Stevenson (Queen's Uni, Belfast
), Louis Magee
(Bective Rangers
), MG Delany (Bective Rangers
), EH McIlwaine (NIFC
), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), AA Brunker (Landsdowne), EG Forrest (Wanderers) capt., HC McCoull (Belfast Albion), Thomas Crean
(Wanderers), Andrew Clinch
(Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown
)
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
. Six matches were played between 5 January and 16 March. It was contested by England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
and Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
.
Scotland won all their three matches to win the championship outright for the fourth time (excluding two other titles shared with England), and completed the Triple Crown
Triple Crown (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the four national teams of the British Isles who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three they win the...
for the second time.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 | |
Results
Scoring system
The matches for this season were decided on points scored. A tryTry
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark
Goal from mark
A goal from mark is a former scoring move in rugby football. It occurred when a player "marked" the ball by making a fair catch and shouting "mark". From this position the player could not be tackled. The player then had the option of a free kick, which can be taken as a place, drop, or tap kick...
were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
Wales vs. England
Wales: Billy BancroftBilly Bancroft
Billy Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Tom Pearson
Tom Pearson (rugby player)
Thomas William Rory Pearson was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Owen Badger
Owen Badger
Owen Badger was a Welsh international rugby centre who played rugby union for Llanelli and was capped four times for Wales. He later switched codes, playing professional rugby league for Swinton.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Arthur Gould (Newport) (capt.), William Llewellyn Thomas
William Llewellyn Thomas
William Llewellyn Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport, international rugby for Wales and invitational rugby for the Barbarians...
(Newport), Selwyn Biggs
Selwyn Biggs
Selwyn Hanam Biggs was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan. Both Biggs and his brother Norman played international rugby for Wales, though they never played in the same match for Wales together. Biggs was described at the time...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Ben Davies
Ben Davies (rugby player)
Benjamin "Ben" Davies was a Welsh international rugby halfback who played rugby union for Llanelli and was capped twice for Wales. Davies captained Llanelli for the 1894-95 season and was club secretary between 1898 and 1899...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Tom Graham
Tom Graham
Thomas 'Tom' Cooper Graham was an England-born rugby union international forward who played club rugby for Newport. He won 12 caps for Wales and was seen as intelligent, mobile forward player...
(Newport), Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport. Boucher was an adaptable player, who although selected mainly as a forward, often played at centre. He was strong, quick for his position and passed well on the run...
(Newport), Wallace Watts
Wallace Watts
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(Newport), Jim Hannan
Jim Hannan (rugby player)
Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
(Newport), Tom Jackson
Tom Jackson (rugby player)
Thomas Henry "Tom" Jackson was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl
Charles "Boomer" Bowen Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Llanelli...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Frank Mills
Frank Mills (rugby player)
Frank Musgrave Mills was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Swansea and won 13 caps for Wales...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), William Elsey
William Elsey (rugby player)
William Elsey was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and won a single international cap for Wales in 1895.-Rugby career:...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
)
England H Ward
Herbert Ward (rugby)
Herbert Ward was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing at Fullback, i.e. number 15. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), John Fegan
John Fegan (rugby player)
John Herbert Crangle Fegan FRCS was an English rugby union wing who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England...
(Blackheath), FA Leslie-Jones (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), EM Baker (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), WB Thomson
Wardlaw Brown Thomson
W.B. Thomson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1895.-Early life:W.B. Thomson was born in around 1871, in Matabeleland, then deemed part of South Africa but in what would later become South Rhodesia.-Rugby union career:...
(Blackheath), RHB Cattell
Richard Cattell
Richard Cattell was a rugby union international who represented England from 1895 to 1900. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Cattell made his international debut on Jan 5, 1895 at St Helen's, Swansea in the Wales vs England match....
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), EW Taylor
Ernest Taylor (rugby union)
Ernest Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1899. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Taylor made his international debut on Feb 6, 1892 at Whalley Range, Manchester in the England vs Ireland match....
(Rockcliff), Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
(Blackheath) capt., FO Poole (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), William Bromet
William Bromet
William Ernest Bromet was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford and Tadcaster and county rugby for Yorkshire. Bromet and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and represented England on twelve occasions between 1891 and 1896...
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell was a cricketer and rugby union player.-School, University and Yorkshire:...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker was a Bermudian rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University, St. George's Hospital and Blackheath. Tucker gained his first of five international caps when he was selected for England in 1894...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), C Thomas (Barnstable), GM Carey (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), HW Finlinson (Blackheath)
----
Scotland vs. Wales
Scotland: AR Smith (Oxford UniOxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), Willie Neilson (London Scottish), Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh was a Scottish sportsman who represented Britain as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland at tennis and played international rugby union for Scotland....
(Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), M Elliot (Hawick), WB Cownie (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JH Dods
John Dods (rugby union)
John Henry Dods was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped eight times for between 1895–1897. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.He was the brother of Francis Dods who was also capped for Scotland....
(Edinburgh Acads), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP) capt., WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(London Scottish), GT Nielson (West of Scotland), TM Scott (West of Scotland), HO Smith (West of Scotland)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
Billy Bancroft
Billy Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Tom Pearson
Tom Pearson (rugby player)
Thomas William Rory Pearson was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Owen Badger
Owen Badger
Owen Badger was a Welsh international rugby centre who played rugby union for Llanelli and was capped four times for Wales. He later switched codes, playing professional rugby league for Swinton.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Evan Lloyd
Evan Lloyd (rugby player)
Evan Lloyd was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Selwyn Biggs
Selwyn Biggs
Selwyn Hanam Biggs was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan. Both Biggs and his brother Norman played international rugby for Wales, though they never played in the same match for Wales together. Biggs was described at the time...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Fred Parfitt
Fred Parfitt
Frederick 'Fred' Charles Parfitt was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport, regional rugby for Somerset and was capped nine times for Wales...
(Newport), Tom Graham
Tom Graham
Thomas 'Tom' Cooper Graham was an England-born rugby union international forward who played club rugby for Newport. He won 12 caps for Wales and was seen as intelligent, mobile forward player...
(Newport), Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport. Boucher was an adaptable player, who although selected mainly as a forward, often played at centre. He was strong, quick for his position and passed well on the run...
(Newport), Ernie George
Ernie George
Ernest "Ernie" Edward George was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for a variety of teams, but is most associated with Pontypridd and Cardiff...
(Pontypridd
Pontypridd RFC
Pontypridd Rugby Football Club, known as Ponty, are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, currently playing in the British and Irish Cup, Principality Premiership, and are the current SWALEC Cup champions....
), Jim Hannan
Jim Hannan (rugby player)
Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
(Newport), Harry Packer
Harry Packer
Harry Packer was an English-born international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport and was capped seven times for Wales...
(Newport), Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl
Charles "Boomer" Bowen Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Llanelli...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Frank Mills
Frank Mills (rugby player)
Frank Musgrave Mills was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Swansea and won 13 caps for Wales...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Tom Pook
Tom Pook
Tom Pook was an English-born international rugby forward who played rugby union for Newport and rugby league with Holbeck. Although short for a forward player at five foot six, Pook was described as possessing clever play and was good in the scrummage.-Rugby career:Pook came to note as a rugby...
(Newport)
----
Ireland vs. England
Ireland G. R. SymesG. R. Symes
G. R. Symes was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1895.-References:* at Scrum.com*...
(Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), W Gardiner (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), S Lee (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), TH Stevenson (Queen's Uni, Belfast
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), Joseph Magee
Joseph Magee
Joseph Thomas Magee was an Irish rugby union wing. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland. He is often mistaken as being a member of the British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1896, a position actually taken by his brother James Magee.-Rugby...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), Louis Magee
Louis Magee
Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee was an Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland and was part of the British Isles team in their 1896 tour of South Africa.Magee was capped 27 times for Ireland, ten as captain,...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Burland Tuke was an Irish rugby union halfback. Tuke played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), TJ Johnstone (Queen's Uni, Belfast
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), H Lindsay (Armargh), AA Brunker (Landsdowne), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
) capt., HC McCoull (Belfast Albion), Thomas Crean
Thomas Crean
Tom Crean may refer to:*Tom Crean , Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer*Tom Crean , head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team-See also:...
(Wanderers), Andrew Clinch
Andrew Clinch
Andrew Daniel Clinch , was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.-Biography:...
(Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
)
England J. F. Byrne
J. F. Byrne
James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:...
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), John Fegan
John Fegan (rugby player)
John Herbert Crangle Fegan FRCS was an English rugby union wing who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England...
(Blackheath), FA Leslie-Jones (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), EM Baker (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), WB Thomson
Wardlaw Brown Thomson
W.B. Thomson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1895.-Early life:W.B. Thomson was born in around 1871, in Matabeleland, then deemed part of South Africa but in what would later become South Rhodesia.-Rugby union career:...
(Blackheath), RHB Cattell
Richard Cattell
Richard Cattell was a rugby union international who represented England from 1895 to 1900. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Cattell made his international debut on Jan 5, 1895 at St Helen's, Swansea in the Wales vs England match....
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), EW Taylor
Ernest Taylor (rugby union)
Ernest Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1899. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Taylor made his international debut on Feb 6, 1892 at Whalley Range, Manchester in the England vs Ireland match....
(Rockcliff), Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
(Blackheath) capt., FO Poole (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), William Bromet
William Bromet
William Ernest Bromet was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford and Tadcaster and county rugby for Yorkshire. Bromet and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and represented England on twelve occasions between 1891 and 1896...
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell was a cricketer and rugby union player.-School, University and Yorkshire:...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker was a Bermudian rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University, St. George's Hospital and Blackheath. Tucker gained his first of five international caps when he was selected for England in 1894...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), C Thomas (Barnstable), GM Carey (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), HW Finlinson (Blackheath)
----
Scotland vs. Ireland
Scotland: AR Smith (Oxford UniOxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), W Nielson (London Scottish), Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh was a Scottish sportsman who represented Britain as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland at tennis and played international rugby union for Scotland....
(Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), Paul Robert Clauss
Paul Robert Clauss
Paul Robert Clauss was a German-born rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Oxford and Birkenhead Park. Clauss was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and also represented Scotland on six occasions...
(Birkenhead Park), WB Cownie (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JH Dods
John Dods (rugby union)
John Henry Dods was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped eight times for between 1895–1897. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.He was the brother of Francis Dods who was also capped for Scotland....
(Edinburgh Acads), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), TL Hendry (Clydesdale), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(London Scottish) capt., GT Nielson (West of Scotland), TM Scott (West of Scotland), JN Millar (West of Scotland)
Ireland J Fulton (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), W Gardiner (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), A Montgomery (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), J O'Connor (Garryowen
Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), Joseph Magee
Joseph Magee
Joseph Thomas Magee was an Irish rugby union wing. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland. He is often mistaken as being a member of the British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1896, a position actually taken by his brother James Magee.-Rugby...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), Louis Magee
Louis Magee
Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee was an Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland and was part of the British Isles team in their 1896 tour of South Africa.Magee was capped 27 times for Ireland, ten as captain,...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Burland Tuke was an Irish rugby union halfback. Tuke played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), EH McIlwaine (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), W O'Sullivan (Queen's C., Cork), WJN Davis (Edinburgh Uni.
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), MS Egan (Garryowen
Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), HC McCoull (Belfast Albion), Thomas Crean
Thomas Crean
Tom Crean may refer to:*Tom Crean , Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer*Tom Crean , head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team-See also:...
(Wanderers), Andrew Clinch
Andrew Clinch
Andrew Daniel Clinch , was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.-Biography:...
(Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
) capt.
----
England vs. Scotland
England J. F. ByrneJ. F. Byrne
James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:...
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), John Fegan
John Fegan (rugby player)
John Herbert Crangle Fegan FRCS was an English rugby union wing who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England...
(Blackheath), TH Dobson
Thomas Dobson (rugby)
Thomas "Tommy" Hyde Dobson was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing at Centre, i.e. number 12, or 13. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), EM Baker (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), WB Thomson
Wardlaw Brown Thomson
W.B. Thomson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1895.-Early life:W.B. Thomson was born in around 1871, in Matabeleland, then deemed part of South Africa but in what would later become South Rhodesia.-Rugby union career:...
(Blackheath), RHB Cattell
Richard Cattell
Richard Cattell was a rugby union international who represented England from 1895 to 1900. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Cattell made his international debut on Jan 5, 1895 at St Helen's, Swansea in the Wales vs England match....
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), EW Taylor
Ernest Taylor (rugby union)
Ernest Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1899. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Taylor made his international debut on Feb 6, 1892 at Whalley Range, Manchester in the England vs Ireland match....
(Rockcliff), Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
(Blackheath) capt., FO Poole (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), William Bromet
William Bromet
William Ernest Bromet was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford and Tadcaster and county rugby for Yorkshire. Bromet and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891 and represented England on twelve occasions between 1891 and 1896...
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell was a cricketer and rugby union player.-School, University and Yorkshire:...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker was a Bermudian rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University, St. George's Hospital and Blackheath. Tucker gained his first of five international caps when he was selected for England in 1894...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), C Thomas (Barnstable), GM Carey (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), HW Finlinson (Blackheath)
Scotland: AR Smith (Oxford Uni
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), James Gowans (London Scottish), GT Campbell (London Scottish), W Nielson (London Scottish), Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh
Robin Welsh was a Scottish sportsman who represented Britain as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland at tennis and played international rugby union for Scotland....
(Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP), WP Donaldson (West of Scotland), WB Cownie (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JH Dods
John Dods (rugby union)
John Henry Dods was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped eight times for between 1895–1897. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.He was the brother of Francis Dods who was also capped for Scotland....
(Edinburgh Acads), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(London Scottish) capt., GT Nielson (West of Scotland), TM Scott (West of Scotland), JN Millar (West of Scotland)
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Wales vs. Ireland
Wales: Billy BancroftBilly Bancroft
Billy Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Tom Pearson
Tom Pearson (rugby player)
Thomas William Rory Pearson was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Owen Badger
Owen Badger
Owen Badger was a Welsh international rugby centre who played rugby union for Llanelli and was capped four times for Wales. He later switched codes, playing professional rugby league for Swinton.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Thomas
William Llewellyn Thomas
William Llewellyn Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport, international rugby for Wales and invitational rugby for the Barbarians...
(Newport), David Morgan
David Morgan (rugby player)
David "Dai" Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Llanelli and was capped twice for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Ralph Sweet-Escott
Ralph Sweet-Escott
Ralph Bond Sweet-Escott was an English-born international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cardiff and was capped three times for Wales. Sweet-Escott also played cricket for Glamorgan representing the county in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Albert Jenkin
Albert Jenkin
Albert Mortimer Jenkin was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales.-Personal life:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport. Boucher was an adaptable player, who although selected mainly as a forward, often played at centre. He was strong, quick for his position and passed well on the run...
(Newport), Ernie George
Ernie George
Ernest "Ernie" Edward George was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for a variety of teams, but is most associated with Pontypridd and Cardiff...
(Pontypridd
Pontypridd RFC
Pontypridd Rugby Football Club, known as Ponty, are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, currently playing in the British and Irish Cup, Principality Premiership, and are the current SWALEC Cup champions....
), Jim Hannan
Jim Hannan (rugby player)
Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
(Newport), Harry Packer
Harry Packer
Harry Packer was an English-born international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport and was capped seven times for Wales...
(Newport), Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl
Charles "Boomer" Bowen Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Llanelli...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Frank Mills
Frank Mills (rugby player)
Frank Musgrave Mills was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Swansea and won 13 caps for Wales...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Wallace Watts
Wallace Watts
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(Newport)
Ireland J Fulton (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), W Gardiner (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), S Lee (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), AP Gwynn (Dublin Uni.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), TH Stevenson (Queen's Uni, Belfast
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), Louis Magee
Louis Magee
Aloysius Mary "Louis" Magee was an Irish rugby union halfback. Magee played club rugby for Bective Rangers and London Irish and played international rugby for Ireland and was part of the British Isles team in their 1896 tour of South Africa.Magee was capped 27 times for Ireland, ten as captain,...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), MG Delany (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), EH McIlwaine (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), JH Lytle (Lansdowne), AA Brunker (Landsdowne), EG Forrest (Wanderers) capt., HC McCoull (Belfast Albion), Thomas Crean
Thomas Crean
Tom Crean may refer to:*Tom Crean , Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer*Tom Crean , head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team-See also:...
(Wanderers), Andrew Clinch
Andrew Clinch
Andrew Daniel Clinch , was an Irish rugby union forward who played club rugby for Dublin University and international rugby for Ireland and the British Isles.-Biography:...
(Wanderers), CV Rooke (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
)