Thomas Llewellyn (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

, and professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Whitchurch RFC and

Treherbert RFC Treherbert Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Tynewydd in the Rhondda Valley. Treherbert RFC play home games in red shirts with black shorts and black socks. Today, Treherbert RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Four ...

, and representative level rugby league (RL) for

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and

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 west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

, and at club level for Leeds, Yorkshire and

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ...

, as a .

Playing career

International honours

Tom Llewellyn won

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s for

(RL) while at Oldham in 1908 2-caps, and won

s for

(RL) while at Oldham in 1908 against New Zealand (2 matches). He also won two caps for Other Nationalities, both against England.

Championship final appearances

Tom Llewellyn played left- in

's 3–7 defeat by

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in the

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Final during the 1908–09 season at

The Willows, Salford The Willows was a rugby league stadium in Weaste, Salford, England. It had a final capacity of 11,363 with 2,500 seats. History In 1900, Salford agreed a 14-year lease on of land belonging to the Willows Estate Company, named after the abunda ...

on Saturday 1 May 1909.

County Cup Final appearances

Tom Llewellyn played left- in

's 9–10 defeat by

in the 1908 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at

Wheater's Field Wheater's Field was a rugby ground in Broughton, Salford, England. It was home to the Broughton Rangers rugby league club of the Northern Union. On 19 October 1907, the stadium hosted a match between Rangers and the New Zealand All Golds. It ...

, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 19 December 1908.

References

External links

Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
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