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Hugh Lloyd-Davies
Rheinallt Hugh Lloyd-Davies (1925–1986) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV, at university for Cambridge University RFC, and at club level for Ammanford RFC, as a fullback, i.e. number 15, and club level rugby league (RL) for Barrow, as a , i.e. number 1. Personal history Lloyd-Davies was born in Tycroes near Ammanford, Wales in 1925 as Rheinallt Lloyd Hughes Davies and christened the next year.Watkins (2001), pp. 213–220 His father was a bus conductor in the firm Williams and Rees, though his family had a substantial interest in the company through his mother's side (née Rees). Known as a child as Hugh Lloyd Davies, he lived with his grandparents whose house was attached to the bus firm's garage. His parents, and siblings Heddwyn and Mair, lived in the house opposite. He was educated at Amman Valley County School and represented the Welsh Schools at rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammanford
Ammanford ( cy, Rhydaman) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population of 5,411 at the 2011 census. It is a former coal mining town. The built-up area had a population of 7,945 with the wider urban area even bigger. According to the 2001 census, 75.88% of the population were competent in the Welsh language, compared to roughly 61% in Carmarthenshire as a whole and 21.8% in Wales as a whole. Ammanford is served by the A483 and A474 roads. Ammanford railway station is a stop on the Heart of Wales Line, with trains to Llanelli and Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north. Ammanford is twinned with Breuillet, Essonne. History The town of Ammanford is a relatively modern settlement. It was originally known as Cross Inn, named after an inn that was located at a location where a number of roads converged. During the nineteenth century, as a result of the growth of both the tinplate and anthracite coal trades, a village grew around the Cross Inn (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield Of Kendal
William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal (10 March 1898 – 12 August 1983), known as Sir Wavell Wakefield between 1944 and 1963, was an English rugby union player for Harlequins, Leicester Tigers and England, President of the Rugby Football Union and Conservative politician. Background and education Wakefield was born in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Roger William Wakefield. He was the brother of Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet, also a Conservative politician. His youngest brother, Roger Cuthbert Wakefield, was an early British & Irish Lion, touring on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina. He attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria, leaving during the First World War to join the Royal Naval Air Service at the Admiralty testing station at Hill of Oaks on Windermere. After returning from the war he took a degree in mechanical sciences (engineering) from Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1923. Rugby career After the war Wakefield became the captain of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammanford RFC Players
Ammanford ( cy, Rhydaman) is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population of 5,411 at the 2011 census. It is a former coal mining town. The built-up area had a population of 7,945 with the wider urban area even bigger. According to the 2001 census, 75.88% of the population were competent in the Welsh language, compared to roughly 61% in Carmarthenshire as a whole and 21.8% in Wales as a whole. Ammanford is served by the A483 and A474 roads. Ammanford railway station is a stop on the Heart of Wales Line, with trains to Llanelli and Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north. Ammanford is twinned with Breuillet, Essonne. History The town of Ammanford is a relatively modern settlement. It was originally known as Cross Inn, named after an inn that was located at a location where a number of roads converged. During the nineteenth century, as a result of the growth of both the tinplate and anthracite coal trades, a village grew around the Cross Inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Deaths
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Thomas (rugby)
Leslie "Les" M. Thomas (birth year unknown) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Oldham, as a . International honours Les Thomas represented Wales XV (RU) while at Oldham (RL) in the 'Victory International' non- Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Oldham in 1947 5-caps, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Oldham in 1947 New Zealand. Six rugby league footballers represented Wales XV (RU) while at rugby league clubs, they were; Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Gomer Hughes, Hugh Lloyd-Davies Rheinallt Hugh Lloyd-Davies (1925–1986) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He played representative level rugby u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Thomas (rugby, Born 1914)
Harold Watkin Thomas (19 February 1914 – 10 December 1989) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales and Wales XV, and at club level for his native town of Neath, as a lock, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a . Background Harold Thomas was born in Neath, Wales in 1914. His father Tom played rugby for Neath, and his brother David was also capped for Wales. A metal worker by trade Thomas served as a regimental sergeant major in the maritime branch of the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He saw action in the Atlantic, Russian and Indian waters, and at one time survived the sinking of his ship by a Japanese submarine. Thomas died aged 75 in Neath, Wales. Playing career International honours Harold Thomas won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1936 against England, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gomer Hughes
Gomer Hughes (13 May 1910 – ) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales and Wales XV, and at club level for Tonmawr RFC and Penarth RFC, as a lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Swinton, as a , or . Background Hughes was born in Neath, Glamorgan, and he died aged 64 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Playing career International honours Gomer Hughes represented Wales XV (RU) while at Swinton (RL) in the 'Victory International' non- Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, won 3 caps for Wales (RU) in 1935–1940 while at Penarth RFC (RU) in 1934 England, Scotland, and Ireland, and won caps for Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyssul Griffiths
Tyssul "Tuss" Griffiths (6 June 1919 – 25 August 1978) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union for Wales XV, and at club level for Newport RFC, as a full-back, and representative level rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Hunslet, Doncaster (Heritage № 12), Halifax ( Heritage № 647), and Dewsbury, as a . Background Tuss" Griffiths was born in Bridgend, Wales, and he died aged 59 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Rugby union career Griffiths was born on 6 June 1919 in Blaengarw, Bridgend. He made his rugby union début for Newport RFC in October 1945. Griffiths represented Wales while at Newport RFC in the 'Victory International', but was not awarded a cap. Rugby league career Hunslet Griffiths switched to rugby league, and joined Hunslet in 1946, and went on to make 167 appearances for the club. Doncaster Griffiths, who had been transfer listed by Hunslet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
