Elwyn Gwyther
Elwyn Gwyther (8 March 1921 - 21 March 1996) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales national rugby union team, Wales XV, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, as a Rugby union positions#Prop, prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain and Wales national rugby league team, Wales, and at club level for Broughton Rangers, Belle Vue Rangers and Leeds Rhinos, Leeds, as a . Background Elwyn Gwyther's birth was registered in Gower Peninsula district, Wales. Playing career Club career Gwyther played in Broughton Rangers, Belle Vue Rangers' 7–10 defeat by Wigan Warriors, Wigan in the 1947 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1947–48 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1947–48 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 1 November 1947. Gwyther was signed by Leeds in Octob ...
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Gower Peninsula
Gower ( cy, Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula () in southwest Wales, projects towards the Bristol Channel. It is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan. In 1956, the majority of Gower became the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Until 1974, Gower was administered as a rural district. It was then merged with the county borough of Swansea. From 1974 to 1996, it formed the Swansea district. Since 1996, Gower has been administered as part of the unitary authority of the City and County of Swansea. Since its establishment in 1999, the Gower Senedd constituency has only elected Labour members. The Gower constituency in Westminster had previously also elected only Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) since 1908; the longest run (with Normanton and Makerfield) of any UK constituency. This ended in 2015 when the Conservatives took the seat. In 2017, it returned to Labour. The area of both constituencies covers the ...
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