Griff Bevan
Appearance
Full name | Griffith Wilfred Bevan | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 August 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Burry Port, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 25 October 2004 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Carmarthen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Griffith Wilfred Bevan (15 August 1914 — 25 October 2004) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born in Burry Port, Bevan was a steel worker and made his solitary Wales appearance in the country's first post-war international, a 1947 Five Nations match against England in Cardiff.[1]
Bevan captained the Llanelly side to their famous over the touring 1947–48 Wallabies at Stradley Park.[2]
After achieving his Wales cap, Bevan left Llanelly for hometown club Burry Port in 1948.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Welsh Victory Anticipated At Arms Park Today". Llanelli Star. 18 January 1947.
- ^ "A touring game that ranks with best at Stradley". Llanelli Star. 11 March 1999.
- ^ "Here's To Griff Bevan!". Llanelli Star. 4 December 1948.
External links
[edit]- Griff Bevan at ESPNscrum