Bobby Lloyd

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Bobby Lloyd
Personal information
Full nameRobert Lloyd
Bornc. 1888
Crickhowell, Wales
Died18 January 1930(1930-01-18) (aged 41)
Halifax, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Scrum-half
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Pontypool
Monmouthshire County
Total00000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1913–14 Wales 70000
Rugby league
Position Scrum-half, Forward
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1914–2? Halifax
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1920 Great Britain 10000
1921 Wales 10000
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Robert "Bobby" Lloyd was born on 1888 in Crickhowell, Wales. He was also known by the nickname of "The Hafodyrynys Wonder", [4] was a Welsh rugby footballer who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. He played union for Welsh clubs Pontypool and Monmouthshire County as a scrum half back, gaining selection for Wales, [1] [2] before moving to England to play league for Halifax, also in the halves, and gaining selection for Great Britain and Wales. [3] He died on 18 January 1930 while in Halifax, England.

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Rugby union

Lloyd worked as a miner, [5] and in 1912 was part of the Monmouthshire County team that faced the touring South Africans. Lloyd played well and gave the Springbok halves, Freddie Luyt and Uncle Dobbin a difficult match, though the tourists class shone through to win the game comfortably. [4] A scrum-half, Lloyd was first capped for Wales in a winning game against Scotland on 1 February 1913. The game was played at Inverleith and both sides had a sparsity of international experience; though Wales were captained by the veteran Billy Trew. Lloyd played in the next six consecutive games in the 1913 and 1914 Five Nations Championships, which saw Wales finish second to England in both tournaments. Lloyd was a favourite at Pontypool and was one of the finest scrum-halves produced by the club.

International matches for Wales [6]

Rugby league

Bobby Lloyd went north and in 1914 commenced playing for English Northern Rugby Football Union club; Halifax. He was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. Lloyd won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia. [7] Lloyd won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1921. [3]

Bobby Lloyd played stand-off in Halifax's 0-13 defeat by Leigh in the 1920–21 Challenge Cup Final during the 1920–21 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Saturday 30 April 1921, in front of a crowd of 25,000.

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  6. ↑ Smith (1980), pg 468.
  7. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN   978-1-903659-49-6.

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