Frank Williams - Wing
Wales RLHeritage No | 56 |
Place Of Birth | Birmingham |
Clubs | Halifax Panthers, Swansea |
Honours | Great Britain, Wales RL |
Born in Birmingham, Frank Williams moved to Swansea at a young age. He began playing rugby union at school, and represented Wales against England schoolboys. He began playing for Swansea RFC as a centre at the age of 17, and played for the club until 1913, when he turned professional with Halifax. In addition to his lone Welsh cap, he was also selected for the 1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, winning two caps against Australia on the tour, including in the famous "Rorke's Drift" Test. His playing career ended in 1919–20, when he was forced to retire for medical reasons. After ending his playing career, Frank became a journalist for the Halifax Guardian until the paper merged with the Halifax Courier in 1921. After briefly returning to rugby in a coaching role, he joined the newly merged newspaper, now known as the Halifax Courier & Guardian. In 1938, he became sports editor for the newspaper writing many match reports on Halifax RLFC, and remained in the role until his retirement in 1960.
SEASON | P | W | D | L | TRY | GOALS | DG | PTS | |
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1913-1914 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
TOTAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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