Elwyn Gwyther
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Personal information
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| Full name | Elwyn Gwyther | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April→June 1921 (age 95–96) Gower Peninsula district, Wales |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Prop forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elwyn Gwyther (birth registered April→June 1921 (age 95–96)) birth registered in Gower Peninsula district, is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, and 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales XV, and at club level for Llanelli RFC, as a Prop forward, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Belle Vue Rangers, and Leeds, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.
Elwyn Gwyther represented Wales XV (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Belle Vue Rangers, and Leeds 1947–1953 15-caps, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Belle Vue Rangers in 1947 against New Zealand (2 matches), in 1950 against Australia (3 matches); and in 1951 against New Zealand.
Six rugby league footballers represented Wales XV (RU) while at rugby league clubs, they were; Tyssul Griffiths, Elwyn Gwyther, Gomer Hughes, Hugh Lloyd-Davies, Harold Thomas, and Leslie Thomas.
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