Billy Moore (rugby, born 1910)
Appearance
Birth name | William John Moore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 17 February 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Garw Valley, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 31 March 1976 | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Oldham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | quarryman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billy Moore (17 February 1910 – 31 March 1976)[3] was a Welsh international dual-code rugby player who played rugby union for Bridgend RFC and rugby league for Rochdale Hornets. He was capped only once for Wales under the union code, for a match in the 1933 Home Nations Championship.
International matches played
[edit]Wales[4]
- Ireland 1933
Bibliography
[edit]- Billot, John (1974). Springboks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
- Goodwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
References
[edit]- ^ Ospreys player profiles[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Billy Moore rugby union player profile Scrum.com
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 469.