Mapson Williams
| Full name | Mapson Thomas Williams | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 April 1891 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mackay, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 July 1954 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wollongong, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Long Ashton School | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Farmer | ||||||||||||||||
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Mapson Thomas Williams (5 April 1891 – 13 July 1954) was an Australian–born Welsh international rugby union player.
Biography
[edit]Williams was born in Mackay, Queensland, and moved with his family to a farm in Maesglas as a young child. He attended Long Ashton School in Bristol, where he played association football. In 1912, Williams made his debut in the firsts for Newport RFC, a club his father and two uncles had previously played for. His career was paused in World War I while he served in the Middle East with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.[1][2]
A forward, Williams made 149 appearances in the first XV for Newport and also had a brief stint with Abertillery in the 1921–22 season. He was back with Newport when he gained his only Wales call up in 1923, for a Five Nations fixture against France at Swansea, before making the decision to return to Australia the following year.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Historic items donated to Newport by Black and Ambers great". South Wales Argus. 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Mapson Thomas R (Jr) Williams". www.historyofnewport.co.uk.
- ^ Woolford, Anthony (18 May 2020). "The Wales rugby team's one-cap wonders who were never seen again". Wales Online.
- ^ "Mapson Williams Leaving The Country". South Wales Weekly Argus. 26 April 1924.
External links
[edit]- Mapson Williams at ESPNscrum