Bert Dauncey
| Full name | Frederick Herbert Dauncey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 December 1871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 October 1955 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Newport, Monmouthshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | King Henry VIII Grammar School, Abergavenny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | solicitor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1888-1900 | Newport RFC | () | |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1896 | Wales | 3 | ((0)) |
Frederick Herbert Dauncey (1 December 1871 – 30 October 1955) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and was capped three times for Wales. Dauncey was an all-round sportsman, and also represented Wales in tennis and Newport in field hockey. He was educated at King Henry VIII Grammar School in Abergavenny and was a lifelong member of the schools Old Boys society.
Dauncey came to note as a Newport player, joining the club as a player in 1888. Dauncey made 178 appearances for Newport, scoring 94 tries, 9 conversions and a single dropped goal. Dauncey played at threequarters with two important Welsh international rugby players, Tom Pearson and Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, with whom, historian G. M. Trevelyan believed had an instinct to know where each were on the rugby pitch.
In 1896 Dauncey was awarded his first international cap, when he was selected to face England in the opening game of the Home Nations Championship. Brought into the team as a replacement for Newport team-mate Tom Pearson, Dauncey was positioned on the wing opposite another new cap, Cliff Bowen. The game was a sporting disaster for Wales, losing 25-0 to England. The Welsh selectors reacted by making multiple changes to the Welsh pack, but apart from replacing Owen Badger for Gwyn Nicholls, the threequarters were left alone, giving Dauncey a second cap in the second match of the tournament, home to Scotland. Played at the Cardiff Arms Park, good Welsh handling saw two second half tries give Wales victory over Scotland. Dauncey played one final international cap, the last Welsh game of the 1895/96 season, away to Ireland. Despite the Scottish win, the Irish kick and rush tactics were too much for the Welsh forwards and Wales lost 4-8. The next season Dauncey was replaced by the return of Tom Pearson.
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