PQ016

Title: PQ016
Description: Stained wood commemorative plaque with gold lettering. Swansea RFC Rugby 1st XV Captains 1874-75 to 1981-82. Presented to the club by the SRFC Ladies' Committee, 1982.
Type: Plaque
Rights Holder: CIC
Date: 1874-1982
Abstract: Stained wood commemorative plaque with gold lettering. Swansea RFC Rugby 1st XV Captains 1874-75 to 1981-82. The Swansea Rugy Team First Fifteen Captains are listed from 1874 to 1982, 1874 being the first full season during with Swansea played Rugby Union rules instead of Association Football rules. Recent research has found that the captain for the first season (under Association rules) was W R Randall. C C Chambers was captain during 1873-74. During 1878-79 A H Richardson was the 'elected' captain but did not play, C C Chambers skippering the team more often than any other player. Richardson again captained Swanea during 1880-81 though only playing 2 matches, F F Meager filling the post for the remainder. The 1883-84 season lists E S Richards as captain but G L Morris in fact held the post. Other names and dates are all correct. From the details we can see that two players: W J Bancroft and W J Trew each captained the First Fifteen for six seasons, which is a club record shared with Sam Kile during the semi-professional era (see PQ17).

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