Arnold Rickards
| Full name | Arnold Robert Rickards | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 August 1901 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Falfield, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 June 1966 (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Arnold Robert Rickards (17 August 1901 — 18 June 1966) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born in Falfield, Gloucestershire, Rickards was a forward who played for Cardiff, Pontnewydd and Pontypool.[1]
Rickards gained a Wales cap in 1924, deputising for Jack Whitfield for their Five Nations match against France at Colombes, scoring a try to help secure a 10–6 win.[2] The match was played in difficult, muddy conditions, with two of the French players suffering frostbite.[3] He also played against the 1924–25 All Blacks while representing Gloucestershire.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Former rugby star dies". Weekly Argus. 23 June 1966.
- ^ "Welsh Team Change". South Wales Evening Post. 21 March 1924.
- ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
- ^ "Cardiff Man In Gloucestershire Team To Play "All Blacks"". Western Mail. 23 September 1924.
External links
[edit]- Arnold Rickards at ESPNscrum