Daniel Brinley 'Bryn' Evans (16 January 1902 – 29 April 1970) was a Welsh international rugby union

Rugby union

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 scrum-half who played for 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...

 and Swansea

Swansea RFC

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Rugby career

Evans originally played rugby for lower tier club Penclawdd

Penclawdd RFC

Penclawdd RFC is a Rugby Football Club representing the town of Penclawdd, Swansea, Wales, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys...

, whose senior team he captained during the 1929/30 season, before moving to first class side Swansea.

Evans played only one game for Wales, against Scotland as part of the 1933 Home Nations Championship

1933 Home Nations Championship

The 1933 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-ninth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the forty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches...

. Wales had just come away from an historic victory over England in the opening game of the competition, when the team won at Twickenham

Twickenham Stadium

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 for the first time. Welsh hopes were high for the second game that was against Scotland at Swansea's home ground St Helens

St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground

St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground is a spectator venue in Swansea, Wales. It is used for both rugby and cricket.It is owned and operated by the City and County of Swansea council and is also used to host the local annual Guy Fawkes night fireworks display.-History:Since the ground opened in...

. The selectors wanted to stick with the same team that had beaten the English, but Maurice Turnbull

Maurice Turnbull

Turnbull was an eager sportsman as a youth, and played rugby for Downside School. He matriculated to Cambridge, and at university joined not only the cricket team, but also Cambridge University Rugby Club. One of the earliest rugby clubs he represented was St. Peters in Cardiff. His elder brother,...

 had reported in injured. The selectors therefore decided to drop his partner, the reliable Harry Bowcott

Harry Bowcott

Harry Bowcott was a Welsh international rugby union centre who played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh and later became president of the Welsh Rugby Union.-Club career:...

 to allow for the Swansea partnership of Evans and Ron Morris to take their place. Although on home soil and against an inexperienced Scottish team, Wales lost 11-3, and Evans was dropped for the next match and never represented his country again.