Alfred Cattell
{{Short description|Wales international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
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| birth_place = Cottesmore, Rutland, England
| death_place = Sheffield, England
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| position = Forward
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| amatteam1 = Oxford University RFC
| amatteam2 = Llanelli RFC
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| occupation = headmaster
| school = Cottesmore School
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Alfred Cattell (27 April 1857 – 10 September 1933)[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/614.html Alfred Cattell player profile] Scrum.com was an English-born international rugby union player for Wales who in his later life became Lord Mayor of Sheffield. As a rugby player, Cattell represented Oxford UniversityJenkins (1991), pg 29.{{dubious|date=May 2017}} before joining club team Llanelli and being selected for Wales.
Early life
He was born in Cottesmore, Rutland where his father, Thomas Cattell, was the headmaster of the village school.
He trained as a teacher. He was successively headmaster at schools at Woodford Bridge, Essex; Llanelli; and St Paul's Church Schools, Sheffield. When the Free Education Act (1891) was passed, he left teaching for business.
Rugby career
Cattell came to prominence as a rugby player representing first class Welsh team Llanelli. In 1882 Cattell was selected for the Welsh national team as part of the 1883 Home Nations Championship against England. This was the first match of the first Home Nations Championship and Cattell along with Thomas Judson and Harry Bowen became the first players to represent Llanelli in an international game. Under the captaincy of Charles Lewis, and played on Welsh soil for the first time, Wales were outclassed by an English team that had lost only three times in their first 21 matches. Although the Welsh were beaten by two goals and four tries to nil, it was seen as a far more promising result than the teams first meeting 22 months prior, and the selectors kept faith with the majority of the team. Cattell gained his second and final cap for Wales in a game away to Scotland at Raeburn Place. This was the first time the countries had faced each other in a rugby union match, and Wales lost by three goals to one. In the next season four new caps were brought into the Welsh pack and Cattell was not reselected to represent Wales again.
=International matches played=
Wales (rugby union)Smith (1980), pg 464.
- {{ru|ENG}} 1882
- {{ru|SCO}} 1883
Later career and death
Cattell returned to England. He served as a Conservative councillor[https://archive.org/stream/municipalyearbo01unkngoog/municipalyearbo01unkngoog_djvu.txt Municipal Year Book 1902.] and alderman{{Cite web |url=http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/h/gummer/182.htm |title=Reminiscences of Rotherham by Alderman Geo. Gummer, JP |access-date=17 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615164442/http://www.rotherhamweb.co.uk/h/gummer/182.htm |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} on Sheffield City Council and as a magistrate in Sheffield. In 1917 he was elected to the position of Lord Mayor of Sheffield.
Cattell was at one time the Chairman of Sheffield United F.C.Jenkins (1991), pg 30. He died in Sheffield on 10 September 1933.
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willow Books |location=Grafton Street, London |isbn=0-00-218060-X}}
- {{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 |last2=Williams|first2= 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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