Reginald "Reggie" Arthur Gibbs (7 May 1882 - 28 November 1938) was a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 international rugby union

Rugby union

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 wing who played club rugby for Penarth

Penarth RFC

Penarth Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based since 1924 at The Athletic Field, Lavernock Road, in Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.-Origins and early history:...

 and Cardiff

Cardiff RFC

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. He was capped 16 times for his country and captained his team on one occasion. Gibbs is one of five Welsh players to have scored four tries in a single game.

International career

Gibbs was first capped for his country in a game against Scotland on February 3, 1906. Wales won the game 9-3, but were completely outplayed by Scotland; the main reason for the Scottish defeat was Gibbs impressive display as a 'rover'. His work with Billy Trew

Billy Trew

Billy Trew was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won 29 caps for Wales and is seen as one of the key players of the first Golden Age of Welsh rugby union...

 turned the minimal possession Wales had into the three tries the team scored on the day.

In total Gibbs scored 17 tries for his country, establishing a Welsh record which stood until Gareth Edwards

Gareth Edwards

Gareth Owen Edwards CBE is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey"....

 broke it in 1976. In his final season, 1911, Gibbs scored five tries as Wales won the Triple Crown

Triple Crown (Rugby Union)

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 and Grand Slam

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, their last such success for 39 years. He captained Wales once, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1910, scoring a try and leading Wales to 19-3 victory. Gibbs toured Australasia

1908 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

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 as part of the Arthur Harding

Arthur Harding

Arthur Flowers Harding was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team. Often called 'Boxer' Harding, he was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of...

's Anglo-Welsh team of 1908. In the 1908 tour, Gibbs played two of the tests and scored the only try for the tourists in the first test.

International matches played

Wales 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911 1908, 1910, 1911 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911

British IslesNew Zealand

All Blacks

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1908, 1908