Club Captain : Elwyn Watkins
Playing Record : P43, W27, D1, L15, Pts for 508, Pts against 324.
Leading Try Scorer : Elwyn Watkins 13
Leading Points Scorer : Dai Parker 63
Capped v England : Rowe Harding, D B Evans (d), Howell John (d), Tom Hopkins (d)
Capped v Scotland : Howell John, Tom Hopkins
Capped v Ireland : Rowe Harding, Howell John, Tom Hopkins
Capped v France : Rowe Harding, Howell John, Tom Hopkins
Back Row L to R: W H Evans (Hon. Gen. Sec.), E C Perkins (Asst. Sec.), F Faull, J H John, W Burgess, B Johns, M Rice, D Parker, T Hopkins, G Grimshaw.
2nd Row L to R: D R Jenkins, E Hopkins, B Barter, J E Watkins (Capt.), R Jones, D Hopkins, L Shipton.
Front Row L to R: S Davies, J Jones, E A H Jones, A L B Perkins.
(Club Archive)
Wales 11 Ireland 8 at Swansea 13 Mar 1926 (Courtesy Pathe News) CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO VIEW MOVIE.
Welsh team training in Edinburgh before losing to Scotland at Murrayfield 6 Feb 1926 Rowe Harding captain is in photo but withdrew injured and Arthur Cornish
led the team with W C Powell playing wing.
Back row – George Edwards (Neath=reserve); D Jones (Newport), T Hopkins (Swansea), Sid Hinam (Cardiff),
Steve Laqwrence (Bridgend), D M Jenkins (treorchy), J H John (Swansea), George Andrews (Newport.
Middle Row – G Lewis (Abercarn or Aberavon? Trainer?), Emlyn Watkins (Blaina), Arthur Cornish (Cardiff),
W C Powell (London Welsh), A Stock (Newport), W Rowe Harding (Swansea), Bobby Jones (Northampton),
W Everson (Newport), god knows who the last one is!! not a player
Front – Ron Herrera (Cross Keys), W J Delahay (Cardiff).
(Photo Courtesy Howard Evans).