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CARDIFF v AUSTRALIA 14 December 1957 EDDIE THOMAS COLLECTION 2 ITEMS TEAM PHOTO

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Seller: rugbyrelics*com ✉️ (19,919) 99.9%, Location: UK based - ship next day, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 390652947276 CARDIFF v AUSTRALIA 14 December 1957 EDDIE THOMAS COLLECTION 2 ITEMS TEAM PHOTO.
EDDIE THOMAS, TREORCHY, NEATH & CARDIFF
COLLECTION
 
CARDIFF v AUSTRALIA 14 December 1957 - a modern reproduction Cardiff team photograph plus a photocopy of newspaper match report. 2 items in good condition.
 
Our Ref: PC25-cl-thomas.e-mmcl.tras57-cardiff-gp2
 
 
Edwin Thomas who was known as Eddie, played at lock. He was born in Treorchy and returned to the Rhondda to teach at Pentre Grammar School where he became head of physics. His first senior rugby was for Neath and he played for the combined Neath and Aberavon side against the Springboks in November 1951. In the same season he was selected for a Welsh trial as a wing forward - his future team mate Malcolm Collins was on the opposing side, Eddie joined Cardiff at the start of the 1952-53 season and readily admits that he was prepared to play in any position to cement a place, although not over-enthusiastic about one suggestion that he should he tried out at prop. He acquired the nickname "Toesy Thomas” because in the team photograph for the All Blacks match he can be clearly seen standing on his toes to make himself seem as tall as Malcolm Collins! After the heroics of that game he eventually returned to the back row and was at number 8 in November1957 when he captained the club to a 14-11 victory over the Wallabies in a season where the club also won the 'championship'. He was considered to be a very good club captain because he knew the game inside out and led from the front. He retired with 217 games for Cardiff to his name and for a while served on the Cardiff committee. (Adapted from 'Taming the Tourists' by Alan Evans). This Item is accompanied by a certificate guaranteeing it's authenticity .................
 
 

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