Richard Morris (footballer)
Richard Morris (born 1 January 1879) was a Welsh Association football, footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 87 appearances in the Football League for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, Leeds City F.C., Leeds City and Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town. He also played in the Southern Football League, Southern League for Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle and Reading F.C., Reading. He was Cap (sport), capped eleven times by the Wales national football team, Wales national team, scoring one goal. Morris served the British Army as a soldier during the Second Boer War. Early life Morris was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Newtown. He joined the British Army when he was a teenager and saw active service in the Second Boer War, which took place between 1899 and 1902. When the conflict was nearing its end, Morris returned to Wales to begin his football career. Club career He signed with Newtown A.F.C., Newtown, who were a founding member of the Football Association of Wales, an ...
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Newtown, Montgomeryshire
Newtown ( cy, Y Drenewydd) is a town in Powys, Wales. It lies on the River Severn in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It was designated a new town in 1967 and saw population growth as firms settled, changing its market town character. Its 2001 population of 10,780 rose to 11,357 at the 2011 census. Newtown was the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771, whose house stood on the present site of the HSBC Bank.BiographRetrieved 15 September 2018./ref> The town has a theatre, Theatr Hafren,Theatre sitRetrieved 15 September 2018./ref> and a public gallery, Oriel Davies, displaying contemporary arts and crafts.Gallery sitRetrieved 15 September 2018./ref> It is the largest town in Powys and Mid Wales. Etymology Both the English and Welsh names for the town mean "new town", the Welsh version with addition of the definite article. History At the end of the 13th century, Edward I commissioned Roger de Montgomerie to constru ...
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