Bobby Lloyd
{{short description|GB & Wales international dual-code rugby footballer}}
{{other people||Robert Lloyd (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Lloyd}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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|fullname = Robert Lloyd
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|birth_date = {{circa|1888}}
|birth_place = Crickhowell, Wales
|death_date = {{death date and age|1930|01|18|1888|07|df=y}}
|death_place = Halifax, England
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|ru_club1 = Pontypool
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|updated = 13 September 2008
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Robert "Bobby" Lloyd was born on 1888 in Crickhowell, Wales. He was also known by the nickname of "The Hafodyrynys Wonder", was a Welsh rugby footballer who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. He played union for Welsh clubs Pontypool and Monmouthshire County as a scrum half back, gaining selection for Wales, before moving to England to play league for Halifax, also in the halves, and gaining selection for Great Britain and Wales. He died on 18 January 1930 while in Halifax, England.
Rugby union
Lloyd worked as a miner,{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/972_15886.php|title=Wales team visit Big Pit|publisher=wru.co.uk|date=31 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915033220/http://www.wru.co.uk/972_15886.php|access-date=1 January 2009|archive-date=15 September 2008}} and in 1912 was part of the Monmouthshire County team that faced the touring South Africans. Lloyd played well and gave the Springbok halves, Freddie Luyt and Uncle Dobbin a difficult match, though the tourists class shone through to win the game comfortably.Billot (1974), pg 76. A scrum-half, Lloyd was first capped for Wales in a winning game against Scotland on 1 February 1913. The game was played at Inverleith and both sides had a sparsity of international experience; though Wales were captained by the veteran Billy Trew. Lloyd played in the next six consecutive games in the 1913 and 1914 Five Nations Championships, which saw Wales finish second to England in both tournaments. Lloyd was a favourite at Pontypool and was one of the finest scrum-halves produced by the club.
International matches for WalesSmith (1980), pg 468.
- {{ru|ENG}} 1914
- {{ru|FRA}} 1913, 1914
- Ireland 1913, 1914
- {{ru|SCO}} 1913, 1914
Rugby league
Bobby Lloyd went north and in 1914 commenced playing for English Northern Rugby Football Union club; Halifax. He was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. Lloyd won a cap for Great Britain while at Halifax in 1920 against Australia.{{cite book|first1= Graham|last1= Williams|first2= Peter|last2= Lush|first3= David|last3= Farrar|title= The British Rugby League Records Book|publisher= London League|isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6|year= 2009|pages= 108–114}} Lloyd won a cap for Wales while at Halifax in 1921.
Bobby Lloyd played {{rlp|so}} in Halifax's 0-13 defeat by Leigh in the 1920–21 Challenge Cup Final during the 1920–21 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Saturday 30 April 1921, in front of a crowd of 25,000.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Billot|first=John|title=Springboks in Wales|year=1974|publisher=Ron Jones Publications|location=Ferndale, Glamorgan}}
- {{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=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}}
{{Great Britain squad – 1920 Australia & New Zealand Tourists}}
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Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen
Category:Dual-code rugby internationals
Category:Great Britain national rugby league team players
Category:Halifax Panthers players
Category:Pontypool RFC players
Category:Monmouthshire County RFC players
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Rugby league players from Powys
Category:Rugby league utility players
Category:Rugby union players from Crickhowell
Category:Rugby union scrum-halves
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Wales national rugby league team players