Harry Uzzell

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Harry Uzzell
Birth nameHenry Uzzell
Date of birth(1883-01-06)6 January 1883
Place of birth Shirehampton, [1] England
Date of death20 December 1960(1960-12-20) (aged 77)
Place of death Bassaleg, Wales
SchoolCrindau School
Occupation(s)Greengrocer
publican
Rugby union career
Position(s) hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
London Welsh RFC ()
Tredegar RFC ()
1902-1921 Newport RFC ()
Gloucestershire ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1912-1920 [2] Wales 15 (6)

Henry "Harry" Uzzell (6 January 1883 – 20 December 1960) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He played club rugby predominantly for Newport and played county rugby for Gloucestershire. A fruiterer by trade he later became landlord of the Tredegar Arms in Bassaleg.

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Uzzell spent the majority of his rugby career with Newport and captained them during the 1913/14 season. In 1912 he was part of the Swansea team that beat the touring South Africans.

International career

Uzzell made his debut for Wales on 20 January 1912 against England. He would represent his country on 15 occasions in total, captaining his country four times. In one game against France at St Helen's, Swansea, Uzzell scored two tries the only points he collected for his country. It is probably true that Uzzell would have been capped far more but for the intervention of the First World War.

International games played

Wales [3]

Bibliography

References

  1. "Newport RFC player profiles". Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  2. WRU player profile
  3. Smith (1980), pg 472.
Rugby Union Captain
Preceded by Newport RFC captain
1913-1914
Succeeded by