:Glyn Gething

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Glyn Gething

| image =

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| birth_name = Glyn Ivor Gething

| birth_place = Neath, Wales

| birth_date = {{birth_date|1892|6|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Neath, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|3|20|1892|6|16|df=y}}

| height =

| weight =

| position = full back

| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 = Skewen RFC

| amatteam2 = Neath RFC

| ru_amclubcaps =

| ru_amclubpoints =

| ru_amupdate =

| repteam1 = Wales

| repyears1 = 1913

| repcaps1 = 1

| reppoints1 = 0

| ru_ntupdate =

| occupation = bank official

}}

Glyn Ivor Gething (16 June 1892 – 20 March 1977){{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/2385.html |title=Glyn Gething player profile| publisher=Scrum.com|accessdate=31 May 2012}} was a Welsh international rugby union full back who played club rugby for Skewen and Neath and international rugby for Wales. He was a bank clerk by profession.{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47199/pages/5322/page.pdf |title=London Gazette death notices| publisher=London Gazette|date=19 April 1977|accessdate=31 May 2012}}

Rugby history

Gething first came to note as a rugby player when he represented Skewen RFC. By 1913 he had joined Neath, and it was during his time at the club that he was selected for his one and only international cap for Wales. Gething was chosen for the 1913 Five Nations Championship to face France, played away at Parc des Princes, in a close game which saw Wales win 11-8.

=International matches played=

WalesSmith (1980), p. 462

  • {{ru|FRA}} 1913

Bibliography

  • {{cite book |last=Jenkins |first=John M. |title=Who's Who of Welsh International Rugby Players |year=1991 |publisher=Bridge Books |location=Wrexham |isbn=1-872424-10-4|display-authors=etal}}
  • {{cite book |last=Smith |first=David |author2=Williams, Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3 }}

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