Birth name | Cecil Clifford Pritchard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 May 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 27 August 1966 64) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecil Clifford Pritchard (1 May 1902 - 27 August 1966) was an international rugby union hooker who represented Wales on eight occasions and was best associated at club level with Pontypool RFC.
Pritchard was born in the Tranch are of Pontypool, Wales in 1902. [2] He was the second of three brothers who would all go on to have rugby careers. [3] Pritchard work as a collier before later working for the local council. He died in Newport, Wales in 1966. [2]
Pritchard first played rugby for local team, Tranch Rovers, same as his elder brother George 'Cogley' and younger brother Royce. George played local rugby for Blaenavon RFC before moving to the south west of England where he played for Barnstaple RFC and Torquay Athletic RFC.
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