Cecil Pritchard Collection
Cigarette Card of ‘Cecil Pritchard’
No:37 in a series of 50 Wills Cigarettes ‘Rugby Internationals’ issued in 1929
Cecil Clifford Pritchard was born at Tranch, Pontypool on 1st May 1902. Cecil started his career with Tranch Rovers and joined Blaenavon in 1922-23. The following season he joined Pontypool and played against the Maoris and the Waratahs in 1927. A goal kicker, he was chosen to play for Wales in 1928 when Rowe Harding, the Welsh captain, asked him to hook against England’s Sam Tucker (Bristol) and so Cecil became the first Welsh player to be selected as a specialist hooker.
Wales Jersey & Honours Cap
Scotland & Ireland (worn by J.B Ganley)
International Jerseys swapped with Cecil Pritchard
England & France
International Jerseys swapped with Cecil Pritchard
He won 8 consecutive caps from 1928 to 1929, represented Monmouthshire on five occasions and was Pontypool club captain in 1928-29. He also played for Barnstaple, Cross Keys and Talywain. After the Second World War he served on the Pontypool club’s committee. Originally a collier, and later a council worker, Cecil Pritchard died at Newport on 27 August 1966.
Peter Douglas-Davies
20/12/2017