William Dowell
Birth name | William Henry Dowell[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 May 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 November 1949 | (aged 64)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Newport, Monmouthshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | miner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Dowell (21 May 1885[5] – 9 November 1949[6]) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer who played rugby union for Newport and Pontypool and rugby league with Warrington RLFC (Heritage № 151). He won seven caps for the Wales rugby union team and after switching to league,[2][3] played one match for the Wales league squad.[4]
Rugby career
Dowell first played for Newport in 1905 and was part of the team that faced two touring sides; the 1905
Dowell was first capped for Wales on 12 January 1907 when he played against England at
Dowell played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in Warrington's 10-3 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain tour match during the 1908–09 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, Saturday 14 November 1908, in front of a crowd of 5,000, due to the strikes in the cotton mills, the attendance was badly affected, the loss of earnings meant that some fans could not afford to watch the first tour by the Australian rugby league team.[7]
International matches played
Wales (union)[8]
Wales (league)
- England 1908
Bibliography
- 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
- ^ Newport RFC player profile
- ^ a b "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "100 years since Wire took on the Aussies for the first time". warringtonwolves.com. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 465.