T. Williams
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T. Williams was a
Tom Williams
who also played for Wales around the same period, and who also had connections with London Welsh.
Rugby career
Williams' first notable connection to rugby occurred on 24 October 1885, when he turned out for the very first match for 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
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
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
- Billot, John (1972). All Blacks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
- Jones, Stephen; Paul Beken (1985). Dragon in Exile, The Centenary History of London Welsh R.F.C. London: Springwood Books. ISBN 0-86254-125-5.
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
References
- ^ T. Williams player profile Ospreysrugby.com
- ^ Jones (1985), pg 6.
- ^ Jones (1985), pg 8.
- ^ T. Williams player profile Scrum.com
- ^ a b c Billot (1972), pg 19.
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 473.