Bryn Phillips
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| Full name | Brinley Phillips | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1900 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 May 1980 (aged 79) Neath, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Lock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brinley "Bryn" Phillips (11 October 1900 – 6 May 1980) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Taibach RFC, Aberavon RFC and Glamorgan Police RFC, as a lock,[1][2] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Glamorgan, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a second-row or loose forward.[3][4]
Background
[edit | edit source]Phillips was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and he died aged c. 79–80 in Neath, Wales.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]International honours
[edit | edit source]Bryn Phillips won caps for Wales (RU) while at Aberavon RFC in 1925 against England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, and in 1926 against England, and won a cap for Wales (RL) while at Huddersfield in 1926.[3]
County honours
[edit | edit source]Bryn Phillips played at second-row and scored a try in Glamorgan's 18–14 victory over Monmouthshire in the non-County Championship match during the 1926–27 season at Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd on Saturday 30 April 1927.[5]
References
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- ^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 32 – 1926–27". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
External links
[edit | edit source]- 1900 births
- 1980 deaths
- 20th-century Welsh sportsmen
- Aberavon RFC players
- Glamorgan Police officers
- Dual-code rugby internationals
- Glamorgan Police RFC players
- Glamorgan rugby league team players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Rugby league locks
- Rugby league players from Merthyr Tydfil
- Rugby league second-rows
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union players from Merthyr Tydfil
- Taibach RFC players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh police officers
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players