Bryn Howells
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Bryn Howells | |||||
Born | Hendy, Wales | 9 February 1911|||||
Died | 6 June 1983 (aged 72) Llangyfelach, Wales | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Position | Fullback | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1934–≥34 | Llanelli RFC | |||||
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1934 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rugby league | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1934–1941 | Broughton Rangers | 152 | 4 | 217 | 446 | |
Source: scrum.com |
Bryn Howells (9 February 1911 – 6 June 1983 (aged 72)) born in Hendy, was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Broughton Rangers.[1] Bryn was also a professional cricketer in the Lancashire League, he shared a house in Fallowfield with Frank Whitcombe when the two signed for rugby league club Broughton Rangers, he died in Llangyfelach.
International Honours
Bryn Howells won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in 1934 against England.[2]
Notable Tour Match Appearances
Bryn Howells played Fullback, i.e. number 15 in Llanelli RFC’s 0-9 defeat by South Africa in the tour match at Stradey Park on 24 November 1931.
References
- ↑ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ↑ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.