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Object ID
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CP036
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Type
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Cap
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Rights Holder
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Loan
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Provenance
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Geoff Wheel
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Season
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1973-1974
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Description
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Cap, Wales, 1974, red with P.O.W. motif on front. Silver tassels.
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Info
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This is the Wales cap awarded to Swansea second-row Geoff Wheel on his international debut in Dublin on 2nd February 1974 against Ireland. The match was drawn 9-9. Geoff Wheel won a total of 32 Welsh caps between 1974 and 1982, Wales winning twenty-two of those matches and drawing one. A physical, uncompromising forward, Geoff Wheel formed a formidable second-row partnership with Aberavon's Allan Martin and was a Triple Crown winner four times and Grand Slam winner twice during his international career with Wales.
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Keywords
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cap, wales, geoff wheel, 1973-74, 1973-1974, triple crown, grand slam
