Gomer Hughes
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| Full name | Gomer Hughes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1910 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 November 1974 (aged 64) Salford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gomer Hughes (13 May 1910[4] – 14 November 1974) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales and Wales XV, and at club level for Tonmawr RFC and Penarth RFC, as a lock,[1][2] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Swinton, as a prop, or second-row.[3][5]
Background
[edit]Hughes was born in Neath, Glamorgan, and he died aged 64 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Playing career
[edit]International honours
[edit]Gomer Hughes represented Wales XV (RU) while at Swinton (RL) in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, won 3 caps for Wales (RU) in 1935–1940 while at Penarth RFC (RU) in 1934 England, Scotland, and Ireland, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Swinton (RL).[3]
Six rugby league footballers represented Wales XV (RU) while at rugby league clubs, they were; Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Gomer Hughes, Hugh Lloyd-Davies, Harold Thomas and Leslie Thomas.
Gomer Hughes, and Harold Thomas had previously won Wales (RU) caps, but the other footballers hadn't, and having already changed to the rugby league code they were unable to do so, but Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Leslie Thomas, did go on to win Wales (RL) caps.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". en.espn.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
External links
[edit]- History of Penarth RFC Archived 8 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- (archived by web.archive.org) Welsh stars still had a rugby ball in wartime
- 1910 births
- 1974 deaths
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Penarth RFC players
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby league players from Neath
- Swinton Lions players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Neath