CP031
Item
- Title
- CP031
- Description
- Cap, British & Irish Lions, 1980, red with 'Lions' badge on front and Lions player number on brim. Gold tassels.
- Type
- Cap
- Rights Holder
- Loan
- Provenance
- Dai Richards
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Abstract
- The British & Irish Lions cap awarded to Swansea and Wales back Dai Richards on the Lions' tour to South Africa 1980. Richards played in 7 matches on the tour including the 1st Test match v the Springboks on 31st May 1980. He played at centre in that match and 3 others, playing at his Swansea position of outside-half for the remaining 3 games. Richards scored a try in the win against Transvaal on 7th June but an injury suffered in that match ended his tour prematurely. Dai richards had also been a reserve for the 1977 Lions tour to New Zealand.
- Subject
- cap, lions, british & irish lions, 1980, david richards, dai richards,
- Item sets
- St Helen's Archive
