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Rugby player
Vince Griffiths
Birth nameVincent Morgan Griffiths
Date of birth(1901-05-29)29 May 1901
Place of birthPontypridd, Wales
Date of death7 January 1967(1967-01-07) (aged 65)
Place of deathNewport, Wales
SchoolWest Monmouth School
UniversityBristol University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Outside Half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Pontypool RFC ()
1923-1929 Newport RFC ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1924 Wales 3 (7)
1924 British Isles 2 (0)

Vince Griffiths (29 May 1901 – 7 January 1967) was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Griffiths played club rugby for Newport and captained the team in the 1928/29 season.

Griffiths gained his first cap for Wales in 1924 against Scotland at Inverleith. Wales were humiliated by Scotland, but Griffiths scored a try and regained his position to be chosen to face Ireland in the next match of the Five Nations Championship. Griffiths's last game for Wales was against Ireland, but was chosen to join the British Lions 1924 tour of South Africa; he played in six games, including two tests.

International matches played

Wales

British Lions

Bibliography

  • Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

References

  1. Newport RFC player profiles
  2. Scrum.com player profiles
  3. Smith (1980), pg 466.
Rugby Union Captain
Preceded byWilliam Roche Newport RFC Captain
1927-1929 		Succeeded byHarry Phillips
British Lions – 1924 South Africa tour
Forwards
Backs
CoachManager: Harry Packer
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