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WELSH TEAM - The players and officials
featured on this card are as follows: Gwyn Nicholls, Percy Bush, Jack
Williams, Rhys Gabe, Arthur Harding, Jehodia Hodges, Dai 'Tarw' Jones,
Will Joseph, Teddy Morgan, Willie Llewellyn, Dicky Owen, Cliff
Pritchard, Charlie Pritchard, George Travers, Bert Winfield, Sir JDT
Llewellyn, Tom Williams & Ack Llewellyn.
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GWYN
NICHOLLS - (Back, Wales) – Brought out of retirement to captain
Wales
against the All Blacks, Nicholls controlled and inspired the team to the
greatest of victories. Winning his first cap in 1896 Nicholls career moved
from one success to the next. In 1899 he became the first Welshman to play
for a British side during the tour of
Australia
. During this match he scored the first ever international try against the
home team. In 1905 he became the first ever captain to defeat the All
Blacks while in 1907 he scored a try in Cardiff’s brilliant 17 – 0
victory over the Springboks. He played a total of 24 times for
Wales
, refereed the Calcutta Cup match in 1909 and became a Welsh selector in
1925. He died in 1939 and as a tribute Memorial Gates were opened at
Cardiff
Arms
Park
in 1949.
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PERCY
BUSH - (Half Back, Wales) – The NZ match was the first cap for Bush.
In the build up to the try the
Cardiff
man was responsible for drawing the defence to the blind side while Owen
feigned a pass to him. Owen then switched to the open side for the Welsh
try. George Dixon the All Black’s manager said “Bush, as was the case
in
New Zealand
(during the 1904 British tour) was remarkable chiefly for quick
kicking”. He went on to represent
Wales
in a further 7 matches winning his last cap in 1910. See what Bush said
about winning his first cap.
CLICK
HERE.
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JF
‘JACK’ WILLIAMS (Forward,
Wales
) – Jack Williams was everywhere ! No piece of turf remained untrodden
as the London Welshman harrassed the All Blacks and played his part in
Wales
’ greatest victory. Five days later he lined up in the 9 – 0 defeat
for Glamorgan against the same tourists. He won a total of 4 caps for
Wales
, his last against
South Africa
in 1906. Williams captained London Welsh in 1907-08 and toured
Australia
and
New Zealand
in 1908 with the Anglo-Welsh (British Lions) touring team. He died only 28
years old in 1911 while in the Colonial Service in Nigeria
after contracting blackwater fever.
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RHYS
GABE (Three-Quarter Back, Wales) - Rhys Gabe had a hand in the two
most important moments of the Wales v New Zealand 1905 game. It was he
that drew the New Zealand defence, his pass then put Teddy Morgan away for the only
score of the match. He was the man who brought down Bob Deans short of the
line to deny the Canterbury man an equalling score. Gabe played 24 times
for Wales between 1896 and 1906 and also toured Australia & New
Zealand with the 1904 British team. His partnership at centre with Gwyn
Nicholls is regarded as one of the finest of all time.
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ARTHUR
HARDING - (Forward, Wales) - Harding's first match
for Wales was the Triple Crown victory over England in 1902. He went on to
win a further 19 caps including the 1905 victory over the All Blacks. It
was Harding's responsibility along with Dai 'Tarw' Jones to steal the
loose head from the All Blacks as both packs fought tooth and nail to gain
the upper hand in the scrum. He played his last international for Wales in
1908 and also captained the British tour of Australia and New Zealand in
the same year. In 1910 he emigrated to New Zealand and lived there until
his death in 1947.
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JEHODIA
HODGES
- (Forward, Wales) - Winning his first cap against England in 1899,
Jehodia Hodges went on to win a total of 23 caps for Wales. His finest
match was against England in 1903 when he was switched to the wing after
an injury to another player. From there he scored three tries in a 21 - 5
victory. He was one of the outstanding forwards in the New Zealand game of
1905, the correspondent of the London Observer said of him “but I raise my hat to the Welsh forwards, and to
Hodges and Harding especially”
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DAI
'TARW' JONES - (Forward, Wales) 'Tarw' is the Welsh word for a bull
and Dai Jones was just that. At 6 foot 1 and over 15 stone he was a giant
of a man at the turn of the century. He was robust, fearless and a superb
scrummager. This made him one of the most feared forwards in the game. He
played in the front row against the All Blacks in 1905 and was
instrumental in countering the All Black 'loose head'. He won a total of
thirteen caps for Wales playing his last match against the Springboks in
1906. Later he turned professional, playing for the Merthyr and Treherbert
Northern Union sides. Dai 'Tarw' was badly injured on the Somme during the
first world war and died in Aberdare in 1933.
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WILL
JOSEPH - (Forward, Wales) - A outstanding member of the Welsh
pack, Will Joseph won 16 caps for Wales between 1902-06. The Swansea man
played against the 1905 All Blacks on three occasions, for Wales,
Glamorgan and Swansea. In the latter match the All Blacks triumphed 4 -3
winning by a drop goal worth four points to a try, then only worth 3
points. He was a cousin to half back Dicky Owen and also played quoits for
Wales.
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WILLIE
LLEWELLYN - (Three-Quarter Back, Wales) - A prolific try scorer,
Willie Llewellyn scored four tries for Wales against England on his debut
in 1899, just 6 days after his 21st birthday. He scored a total of 16
tries for Wales and captained the side on five occasions including the
1905 Triple Crown match against Scotland where he scored both tries in the
6 - 3 victory. The New Zealand international in 1905 was his last match
for Wales. During his career, Llewellyn also travelled to Australia and
New Zealand with the 1904 British side. he played in all four tests,
scoring 4 tries. He died in 1973 aged 95, the last survivor of the great
1905 Welsh team that defeated the 'Original' All Blacks.
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TEDDY
MORGAN - (Three-Quarter Back, Wales) - Although he played 16 times for
Wales, captained the British team in tests against Australia & New
Zealand, when the name Teddy Morgan is mentioned only one thing springs to
mind, the try he scored against New Zealand in 1905. This was only one of
fourteen that he scored for Wales as the London Welsh man dodged,
weaved, swerved and dazzled the opposition between the years 1902
and 1908. In his last match for Wales he captained the team and scored two
tries in the 36 - 4 triumph over France during Wales' first Grand Slam
season.
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DICKY
OWEN
- (Half Back, Wales) -
Dickie Owen won 35 caps for Wales 1901 - 1912, a record which stood for
over 40 years. Known as the 'pocket Hercules' Owen was a rough, tough,
fearless player who's skill and tactical genius became legendary. He was
responsible for inventing the move which brought about the Welsh try
against the All Blacks in 1905. In a pre-conceived move Owen went blind
and feinted to pass to Bush but instead, the Swansea man reverse passed to
to extra back Cliff Pritchard on the open side. Pritchard fed Gabe who
then sent Morgan over for the winning try. Playing his last international
against Scotland in 1912 at the age of 35, Owen was carried from the
fields shoulder high, a fitting end to a glorious career.
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CHARLIE
PRITCHARD - (Forward, Wales) - Charlie Pritchard was one of
Wales' great forwards in the first golden era. he won fourteen caps, 1904
10 as a forward, more often than not in the back row where he played with
fire and exuberance and was a very difficult player to stop. George
Travers said of his performance against the 1905 All Blacks 'he sent 'em
down like ninepins'. He died in the battle of the Somme during World War
I.
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CLIFF
PRITCHARD - (Extra Back, Wales) - Earning 5 caps for Wales 1904
- 06 Cliff Pritchard worked as an undertaker in Pontypool. During the move
that resulted in the Welsh try in the 1905 game against the All Blacks,
Pritchard scooped up Dicke Owen's pass of his feet then fed Rhys Gabe. the
Daily Mail correspondent Buttery said of Pritchard, "Mynott was oppressed by the shadow of Cliff Pritchard, the
“spoiler” whose mission it was to dislocate the five-eighths part of
the machine, and thus put it out of gear”. On his return to
Pontypool by train later that evening, the station was packed with well
wishers and he was carried shoulder high through the streets to his home.
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GEORGE
TRAVERS - (Forward, Wales) - Travers was a dedicated player who, after
a 12 hour shift as a coal trimmer in Newport Docks would do a hard
training session before venturing home. The fact that he was the fittest
man on the field meant that he was first to the breakdown and inevitably
would end up hooking at the resulting scrummage. He is regarded as the
first specialist hooker in rugby and as such in the 1905 game he won clean ball on both the
Wales and New Zealand scrums. This denied the All
Blacks the possession they had enjoyed in every match up until that point on the tour. He won
25 caps between 1903 - 1911, his son William 'Bunner' Travers also played for
Wales.
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BERT
WINFIELD - (Back, Wales) - Bert Winfield is regarded as being a
major contributing factor in the Welsh victory over New Zealand in 1905.
The All Blacks manager George
Dixon said of him......“of the Welsh backs there is no doubt that Winfield at full
back, was the star of the side. His kicking was the best I have seen for
years." Several of the press core joined Dixon in their praise for
the Cardiff man. Winfield won 15 caps for Wales, 1903-08, scoring 50
points. He was the brother-in-law to Gwyn Nicholls and partnered him in
their famous laundry business.
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Sir
JDT
LLEWELLYN - (President, Welsh Football Union 1885-1906) - A former
president of the South Wales Football Union, Sir John Llewellyn was first
elected to the Welsh Football Union committee in 1884 as a vice-president.
He became the third president of the Welsh Football Union when he
succeeded the Earl of Jersey in 1885. A former captain of the South Wales
Cricket Club he was a member of the Cadoxton Cricket Club team that faced
the United South of England XI at the Gnoll, Neath in 1868 when WG Grace
famously bagged a pair. The son of eminent scientist JD Dillwyn
Llewellyn F.R.S. and Emma Maud Talbot of Margam, Sir JDT was knighted in
1890 and served as the conservative M.P. for Swansea 1895 - 1900.
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TOM
WILLIAMS -
(Welsh Football Union Committee) - Tom Williams of Llwynypia represented
Wales in their second match and first victory against Ireland in 1882. He
was at the time playing for Pontypridd but also played for his home town
and Cardiff during his career. An able administrator he represented Wales
on the IRFB 1901-08 and refereed England v Ireland
in 1904. He is credited with the suggestion that the Welsh team sing the
national anthem after the New Zealand haka in the 1905 encounter with the
hope that the crowd would join in. All went to plan and the All Blacks
were overawed with the passion generated by the crowd's singing. He was
the uncle of Willie Llewellyn.
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ACK
LLEWELLYN -
(Welsh Football Union Committee & Touch Judge) - Ack Llewellyn
was one of Wales' top administrators of the early 20th century. A member
of the WFU committee he also represented Wales on the International Rugby
Football Board 1909 - 1922. In December 1905 he acted as touch judge in
the famous Wales v New Zealand encounter, it is said that he had the best
view of the Deans incident. The following year he refereed England v
Ireland. He was heavily involved with the formation of Taff Vale Park,
Pontypridd as a major athletics and sporting venue.
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1905
WALES v
NEW
ZEALAND – THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
- The official programme for the 1905 Wales and All Blacks
encounter is regarded as the ‘Holy Grail’ of Welsh international
programme collecting.
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