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| Full name | Willam Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1907 Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1972 (aged 64–65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willam Thomas (1907 – 1972) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played invitational level rugby union (RU) for Crawshays RFC, and at club level for Swansea RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for York (captain), as a stand-off, or scrum-half, i.e. number 6, or 7.[1][2][3]
Playing career
International honours
Billy Thomas played stand-off in Wales' 18–23 defeat by England at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Wednesday 18 March 1931.[1]
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Billy Thomas played stand-off, and was the captain in York's 8–22 defeat by Halifax in the 1930–31 Challenge Cup Final during the 1930–31 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1931, in front of a crowd of 40,368.[4]
County Cup Final appearances
Billy Thomas played scrum-half in York's 9–2 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1936 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1936.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleague.wales". rugbyleague.wales. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 36 – 1930–31". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
- ^ Irvin Saxton (publish date tbc) "History of Rugby League – № 42 – 1936–37". Rugby Leaguer ISBN n/a
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