Reggie Gibbs

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Reggie Gibbs
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Reggie Gibbs wearing the Welsh strip
Birth nameReginald Arthur Gibbs
Date of birth(1882-05-07)7 May 1882
Place of birth Cardiff [1] Wales
Date of death28 November 1938(1938-11-28) (aged 56)
Place of death Cardiff, Wales
School Queen's College, Taunton
Notable relative(s) Patrick Gibbs, son
Occupation(s)ship-owner
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Penarth RFC ()
1901–1911 Cardiff RFC ()
1907-? Barbarian F.C. ()
1905 Glamorgan County RFC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1906–1911 Wales 16 (57)
1908 Anglo-Welsh 2 (3)

Reginald Arthur Gibbs (7 May 1882 – 28 November 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Penarth and Cardiff. He was capped 16 times for his country and captained his team on one occasion. Gibbs is one of nine Welsh players to have scored four tries in a single game.

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International career

Gibbs was first capped for his country in a game against Scotland on 3 February 1906. Wales won the game 9–3, but were completely outplayed by Scotland; the main reason for the Scottish defeat was Gibbs impressive display as a 'rover'. His work with Billy Trew turned the minimal possession Wales had into the three tries the team scored on the day. [2]

In total Gibbs scored 17 tries for his country, establishing a Welsh record which stood until Gareth Edwards broke it in 1976. In his final season, 1911, Gibbs scored five tries as Wales won the Triple Crown and Grand Slam, their last such success for 39 years. He captained Wales once, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1910, scoring a try and leading Wales to 19–3 victory. Gibbs toured Australasia as part of the Arthur Harding's Anglo-Welsh team of 1908. In the 1908 tour, Gibbs played two of the tests and scored the only try for the tourists in the first test.

International matches played

Wales [3]

British Isles

Cricket

Gibbs was a keen amateur cricketer and played minor counties cricket for Glamorgan prior to their elevation to first-class status, making 31 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1902 and 1914. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
  2. ↑ Parry-Jones (1999), pg 167.
  3. ↑ Smith (1980), pg 466.
  4. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Reggie Gibbs" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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