Hopkin Maddock
| Full name | Hopkin Thomas Maddock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Pontycymer, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Christ College, Brecon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Taxation officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| ?-1900 1900-1913 |
Pontycymmer RFC London Welsh RFC Middlesex Glamorgan |
? 275 |
(?) (610) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1906-1910 | Wales | 6 | (18) |
Lieutenant Hopkin "Hop" Thomas Maddock MC (1881 – 15 December 1921) (often incorrectly listed as Maddocks) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Pontycymer and London Welsh and county rugby for both Glamorgan and Middlesex. Maddock played in six international rugby games for Wales scoring a total of six tries. A pacey and elusive runner, Maddock set several scoring records at London Welsh, and scored 170 tries during his career with the club.
Maddock first played rugby at a competitive level when he was selected to play for the Christ College XV. After leaving college, he joined his home town club of Pontycymmer, but later moved to London, joining Welsh exile team, London Welsh at the start of the 1900/01 season. At London Welsh, Maddock set several club records; he is the only player to score five tries or more in a single match on two separate occasions; once against Ilford Wanderers on 22 September and then performed the feat again against Oxford University on 5 February 1909. Maddock also set the record for most tries in a season, twice, with 25 tries in 22 games in the 1905-06 season, and then beat his own record with 26 tries in 30 games in the 1908-09 campaign. In his entire career with London Welsh, Maddock scored an impressive 170 tries, a record that still stands today.
During the 1905/06 season Maddock was at the height of his playing abilities, and was finally recognised for his achievements when he was selected to play for Wales in the opening encounter of the 1906 Home Nations Championship. The match was played away to England, and Wales were in formidable form after beating New Zealand in the "Game of the Century". Maddock was the only new cap brought into the Welsh squad, as a replacement for Willie Llewellyn; and he took his place on the wing opposite fellow London Welsh player Teddy Morgan. It was a perfect start for Maddock's international career; with the Welsh pack dominating the English to allow the backs ample possession. Wales built an early lead with tries from Pritchard and Hodges; before Wales' captain Gwyn Nicholls, took the ball, swerved past English three-quarters Hind and Raphael, before drawing in fullback Jackett and releasing the ball to Maddock, who had followed his captain in support, this unselfish play form Nicholl allowed Maddock to score a try on his debut. Maddock impressed enough to retain his position in the national squad for the remainder of the Championship, and scored his second international try in a win over Scotland; though Wales were denied the title and the Triple Crown after a remarkable performance by Ireland at the Balmoral Showgrounds.
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