Dai Hiddlestone
| Full name | David Daniel Hiddlestone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 June 1890 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hendy, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 November 1973 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Terry Price, grandson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| ? ?-1919 1919- |
Hendy RFC Llanelli RFC Neath RFC |
() | |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1924–1925 | Wales | 5 | (3) |
David 'Dai' Hiddlestone (14 June 1890 – 16 November 1973) was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Neath. He was capped five times for Wales and was notable for leading an ill-advised response to the New Zealand Haka during the team's 1924 tour.
Hiddlestone was born in Hendy, Carmarthenshire, where he played his early rugby with local club, Hendy RFC. After the end of World War I he joined Llanelli a first class team within Welsh club rugby. He left Llanelli under poor circumstances, some sources stating that Hiddlestone was considered "too dirty" for the club, though at the time of leaving the club he was the present team captain, a position elected by the club members. Whatever the reason for his leaving Llanelli, Hiddlestone was accepted to play for Neath. In 1922 he was first selected to represent Wales as part of the Home Nations Championship in a game against England. The Welsh team he joined had many new caps, including Swansea's Islwyn Evans and Frank Palmer, Bridgend's Bobby Delahay and William Cummins from Treorchy. Led by Tom Parker, Wales overran the English team, scoring a record eight tries against England; Hiddlestone himself not only scored one of the tries, but is also credited as being the central linchpin in the Welsh attack that won the game so comfortably.
...
Wikipedia