T. Williams

Last updated
T. Williams
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1885-?
?		 London Welsh RFC
Swansea RFC 		()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1888 Wales 2 (0)

T. Williams was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and London Welsh and played international rugby for Wales. [1] Very little is known of Williams and he is often confused with his contemporary Tom Williams who also played for Wales around the same period, and who also had connections with London Welsh.

Contents

Rugby career

Williams' first notable connection to rugby occurred on 24 October 1885, when he turned out for the very first match for the London exile team, London Welsh. The team contained six players who were, or would soon, be capped for Wales, Williams, Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, Martyn Jordan, Thomas Judson, Charles Taylor and Rowley Thomas. [2] Williams became a regular player for London Welsh, and was one of the team's players to be included in an 'exiles' team, along with players from London Scottish, to face a London XV in a charity match at The Oval, in the presence of the Prince of Wales. [3]

By 1888, Williams was playing for Swansea, and on 4 February he earns his first international cap when he is selected for the team to face Scotland, as part of the Home Nations Championship. [4] Under the captaincy of Tom Clapp, Williams came into a very inexperienced pack to face a team that Wales had yet to beat in a rugby international. Williams was one of seven new Welsh caps in the match, which included Swansea teammates John Meredith and William Howell. Wales won an historic match, beating Scotland for the first time, thanks to a debut try from Thomas Pryce-Jenkins, who was at the time playing club rugby for London Welsh. Williams was reselected for the very next match, his second and final international for Wales. Played away from home at Lansdowne Road, Wales were beaten by Ireland two goals to nil.

Towards the end of 1888, the world's first touring Southern Hemisphere rugby team, the New Zealand Natives, challenged several Welsh teams. The Māoris had already been beaten by Llanelli and Wales, and on 24 December, they faced Swansea in a match played in continuous heavy rain. [5] Williams lined up in the pack with his team captain William Towers, but the squad was missing two of their influential backs, Whapham and Gwynn. [5] Swansea had only lost one match that season before the game, and after a clear New Zealand victory, the Swansea team was criticised for its "Boundless complacency". [5]

International matches played

Wales [6]

Bibliography

Related Research Articles

Edgar Long was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped seven times for Wales. He is best remembered not for his international duties, but for his marshalling of the Swansea pack during the club's victory of the 1935 touring New Zealand team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Bishop (rugby union)</span> Welsh rugby player (1864–1919)

Edward Bishop was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped once for Wales.

Howell Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club and was capped for Wales on four occasions. Lewis was also part of the Swansea team that beat the touring South Africa team in 1912.

Charles Henry Pugh was a Welsh international rugby union player who played rugby for three notable Welsh clubs, Aberavon, Maesteg and Neath. He was capped seven times for Wales and was part of the Welsh team that faced the touring 1924 New Zealand team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Towers (rugby union)</span> Wales international rugby union player

William Hunter Towers was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Durham. He was capped twice for Wales and was part of the Welsh team that faced the first overseas tourists, the New Zealand Natives.

Sydney Herbert Nicholls was an English-born dual code rugby forward who played club rugby under the union code for Cardiff, and in his later years league rugby with Hull F.C. Nicholls won four caps for Wales, and was part of the Welsh team that beat the first touring Southern Hemisphere team the New Zealand Natives. He was the elder brother of Wales rugby legend Gwyn Nicholls, and his son Jack Nicholls was a Welsh international footballer.

Alexander Frederick Bland was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Bland won nine caps for Wales over a period of four years.

Charles Suckling Arthur was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Arthur was one of the Wales team to face the first Southern Hemisphere touring parties, the 1888 New Zealand Natives.

George Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and international rugby for Wales. He was also a professional sprinter and was an All-England Sprint Champion.

Daniel Griffiths was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales. Morgan was a collier by profession.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Day (rugby union)</span> Rugby player

Henry Thomas Day was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Cardiff. Day was awarded five caps for Wales, and was most notable for being part of the 1893 Welsh Triple Crown winning team. A carpenter by trade, he was also the uncle of Harry Phillips, who was also a Newport player who represented Wales.

Hugh 'Sawdust' Hughes was an international rugby union player who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Although very little personal information is available for Hughes, he is notable for facing the touring New Zealand Māoris, the first touring Southern Hempishere rugby team, when they lost to Cardiff in 1888.

George Rosser Evans was an international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Rosser is notable for facing the touring New Zealand Māoris, the first touring Southern Hempishere rugby team, when they lost to Cardiff in 1888.

David John Thomas was a Welsh international forward who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won ten caps for Wales and is most notable for scoring the only try in Swansea's win over South Africa in 1912.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edwin Thomas Maynard</span> Wales international rugby union footballer

Edwin Thomas Maynard known as Edwin Thomas or "Beddoe" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport RFC. Thomas was part of the Wales team that won the Triple Crown in 1909, and faced all three major Southern Hemisphere teams; New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, for Newport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hopkin Maddock</span> Wales international rugby union footballer

Lieutenant Hopkin "Hop" Thomas Maddock MC was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Pontycymer and London Welsh and county rugby for both Glamorgan and Middlesex. Maddock played in six international rugby games for Wales scoring a total of six tries. A pacey and elusive runner, Maddock set several scoring records at London Welsh, and scored 170 tries during his career with the club.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Powell (rugby union)</span> Welsh rugby union player

John "Jack" Anderson Powell was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh. Powell played a single international game for Wales, in 1906, and faced the Original All Blacks as part of the Glamorgan county team in 1905 and the South African team as a member of the Cardiff team in 1907.

Glamorgan County RFC is a Welsh rugby union club that manages an invitational team, known as Glamorgan that originally played rugby at county level. The team is made up of amateur players from sports clubs in the Glamorgan region and historically played matches against other county teams from Wales and England, and during the 20th century was a key fixture for touring international teams. Today the club manages Glamorgan's premier rugby union tournament, the Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy, and arranges invitational Glamorgan teams to face Welsh rugby clubs during celebrations, such as anniversaries.

Clifford 'Cliff' William Jones OBE was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for many teams but is most associated with Cardiff and Cambridge University. Jones was known as a quick and elusive runner, but was also noted for his numerous injuries which limited his international and club appearances.

John "Jack" Charles Jenkins was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and London Welsh. He won just a single cap for Wales in 1907 but faced both New Zealand and South Africa at county level with Middlesex and Monmouthshire.

References

  1. ↑ T. Williams player profile Ospreysrugby.com
  2. ↑ Jones (1985), pg 6.
  3. ↑ Jones (1985), pg 8.
  4. ↑ T. Williams player profile Scrum.com
  5. 1 2 3 Billot (1972), pg 19.
  6. ↑ Smith (1980), pg 473.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.