Rugby career
After playing club rugby for several lower-level teams Wetter was successful at a trial for Newport, and in 1912 he represented the team against Plymouth. Wetter stayed with the club until 1925, and in the 1922/23 season, in which Newport were unbeaten, he captained the team. He also played for two Newport teams against international opposition; the 1912 touring South Africans and the 1924 touring All Blacks. Wetter made his debut for Wales against Scotland on 7 February 1914, in which he scored his first international try and Wales ran out winners 24–5. It was a rough game, in which, Scotland captain David Bain quoted, "The dirtier side won".Godwin (1984), pg 119. Wetter would earn 10 caps in total for Wales, stretched either side of the War, and in the last three was awarded the captaincy. He scored a total of four international tries and a single conversion. When Wetter took to the pitch for his final game for Wales in 1924, he was 36 years and one month old, the oldest Welsh player to take the position at centre. This record would stand for 77 years, until beaten by Neath'sInternational games played
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wetter, Jack 1887 births 1967 deaths Blaina RFC players British Army personnel of World War I Monmouthshire County RFC players Newport RFC players Rugby union players from Newport, Wales Pill Harriers RFC players Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal Wales international rugby union players Wales rugby union captains Welsh rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves