Thomas Sidney "Sid" Bevan (2 May 1877 – 17 October 1933)
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player who represented

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and the British Lions. Bevan played club rugby for

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, joining the club in 1897.

Rugby career

Bevan came to note as a rugby player while representing local team

Morriston RFC Morriston Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Morriston, Swansea in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. The club was founded in 1876 and has produced a number o ...

. In 1897 he switched to first class side, Swansea, and while playing for Swansea he was selected to play for

. His first and only cap was on 2 March 1904 at Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast against

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. In the same year Bevan was selected to represent Bedell Sivright's British Lions on their tour of

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. He played in four of the tests. During World War I, Bevan was a second lieutenant in the 6th battalion of the

Welch Regiment The Welch Regiment (or "The Welch", an archaic spelling of "Welsh") was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1969. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of ...

International matches played

''Wales''Smith (1980), p. 463. * 1904 ''British Lions'' * 1904, 1904, 1904 * 1904

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