Bert Dauncey

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Bert Dauncey
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Frederick Herbert (Bert) Dauncey Welsh rugby hockey and tennis player
Birth nameFrederick Herbert Dauncey
Date of birth(1871-12-01)1 December 1871
Place of birth Pontypool, Monmouthshire
Date of death30 October 1955(1955-10-30) (aged 83)
Place of death Newport, Monmouthshire
School King Henry VIII Grammar School, Abergavenny
Occupation(s)solicitor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1888-1900 Newport RFC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1896 Wales 3 (0)

Frederick Herbert Dauncey (1 December 1871 – 30 October 1955) [1] was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and was capped three times for Wales. Dauncey was an all-round sportsman, and also represented Wales in tennis [2] and Newport in field hockey. [3] He was educated at King Henry VIII Grammar School in Abergavenny and was a lifelong member of the schools Old Boys society. [4]

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Rugby career

Dauncey came to note as a Newport player, joining the club as a player in 1888. Dauncey made 178 appearances for Newport, scoring 94 tries, 9 conversions and a single dropped goal. Dauncey played at threequarters with two important Welsh international rugby players, Tom Pearson and Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, with whom, historian G. M. Trevelyan believed had an instinct to know where each were on the rugby pitch. [5]

In 1896 Dauncey was awarded his first international cap, when he was selected to face England in the opening game of the Home Nations Championship. Brought into the team as a replacement for Newport team-mate Tom Pearson, Dauncey was positioned on the wing opposite another new cap, Cliff Bowen. Wales lost 25-0 to England. The Welsh selectors reacted by making multiple changes to the Welsh pack, but apart from replacing Owen Badger for Gwyn Nicholls, the threequarters were left alone, giving Dauncey a second cap in the second match of the tournament, home to Scotland. Played at the Cardiff Arms Park, two second half tries gave Wales victory over Scotland. Dauncey played his last international game, the last Welsh game of the 1895/96 season, away to Ireland, and Wales lost 4-8. The next season Dauncey was replaced by the return of Tom Pearson.

International matches played

Wales [6]

Tennis career

Dauncey played tennis at a national level, representing the Welsh team in minor tournaments. In 1906 he partnered Wimbledon champion May Sutton in a mixed doubles match at the Welsh Tennis Championship, which although they were beaten in the second round, Sutton went on to win the ladies championship. [7]

Hockey career

Dauncey, like fellow Wales rugby player Theo Harding, played field hockey. Dauncey followed Harding as captain of the Newport Hockey Club's men's team during the 1902 season. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Bert Dauncey player profile Scrum.com
  2. ↑ Dauncey player profile Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine blackandambers.co.uk
  3. ↑ Newport Hockey Club Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Although the blackandambers website state that Dauncey represented Wales, he is not among the capped player list at Newport Hockey Club
  4. ↑ The Gobannian, Issue 2; January 1930, pg. 51 Archived August 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Trevelyan, G.M. Fifty Years: Memories and Contrasts: A Composite Picture of the Period 1882-1932, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. pg 206
  6. ↑ Smith (1980), pg 464.
  7. ↑ New York Times archive
  8. ↑ Newport Hockey Club Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Men's hockey captains
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