Percy Coldrick

{{short description|Wales dual-code international rugby footballer}}

{{for|Coldrick's son, a trade union leader|Percy Coldrick (trade unionist)}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Percy Coldrick

| image = Percy Coldrick.jpeg

| caption =

| birth_name = Albert Percival Coldrick[http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106409 Newport RFC player profiles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617051529/http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=106409 |date=17 June 2011 }}

| birth_place = Caerleon, Wales

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1888|11|1}}

| death_place = Wigan, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1953|12|26|1888|11|1}}

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| children = Percy Coldrick

| ru_position = Prop

| amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Crumlin RFC

| amatyears2 = | amatteam2 = Harlequin F.C.

| amatyears3 = 1909–12 | amatteam3 = Newport RFC

| amatyears4 = | amatteam4 = Monmouthshire

| amatyears5 = | amatteam5 = Western Super Mare RFC

| repyears1 = 1911–12 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}

| repcaps1 = 6 | reppoints1 = 0

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| position = Forward

| club1 = Wigan

| year1start = 1912

| year1end = 25

| appearances1 = 280

| points1 = 237

| club2 = St. Helens{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/percy-coldrick/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

| year2start = 1925

| year2end = 26

| appearances2 = 17

| points2 = 3

| teamA = {{rlnt|Wales}}

| yearAstart = 1913

| yearAend = 14

| appearancesA = 2

| pointsA = 3

| teamB = {{rlnt|Great Britain}}

| yearBstart = 1914

| appearancesB = 3

| pointsB = 3

| teamC = Other Nationalities

| yearCstart = 1921

| appearancesC = 1

| pointsC = 0

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| relatives = Percy Coldrick (son)

}}

Albert Percival "Percy" Coldrick (born 1 November 1888{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=bILTJvVJfUJP4%2B728skHGQ&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} – 26 December 1953) was a Welsh dual code rugby player who played rugby union for Newport and rugby league for Wigan. He represented Wales{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/2208.html|title=Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)|publisher=en.espn.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=25862&includeref=dynamic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328024616/http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=25862&includeref=dynamic|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2018|title=Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)|publisher=wru.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} under the union code and Wales and Great Britain under league rules.

Rugby career

Coldrick birth was registered in Caerleon, Wales, he formed a trade union for rugby players, but when it attempted to organise a strike, it collapsed, his son, also named Percy Coldrick, became the General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association.{{cite journal|title=[untitled article]|journal=Transport Salaried Staff Journal|volume=62|year=1965|page=573}} and he died aged 64–65 in Wigan, Lancashire, England.

Rugby career

Coldrick played for several teams, including a single game for Harlequins and represented Monmouthshire at county level, before being selected by Newport in 1909.

Coldrick gained his first international cap in a game against England as part of the 1911 Five Nations Championship. Under the captaincy of Billy Trew at the Swansea's St Helens Ground, Wales won the game 15–11. Coldrick was re-selected for the next game against Scotland, but failed to appear in the inaugural match in Paris. Coldrick was back for the final game in a Championship decider between Wales and Ireland and when the Welsh team won the match Coldrick became a Grand Slam and Triple Crown winning international. Coldrick played three games in the 1912 tournament, with his final rugby union international game being a contest against the French team at Rodney Parade. Although Wales beat France, eight of the fifteen Welsh squad never played for Wales again, Coldrick was one of them, though it was his own decision rather than a selection choice.

In 1912, Coldrick made himself ineligible for further selection to the Welsh union team when he switched to the professional game of rugby league, joining Wigan RLFC.[http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=272 Wigan RLFC profile] rlfans.com Coldrick played two international games for the Welsh national league team, both against England, in 1913 and 1914. He also played for the Great Britain team. Coldrick was selected to tour with the England squad on the Ashes tour of Australia and was selected for all three tests, scoring a try in the second game. In 1919 Coldrick approached the Welsh Rugby Union to have his amateur status re-instated, though his application was refused. He left Wigan in 1925, and joined St. Helens.{{cite web|last=Service|first=Alex|title=Percy Coldrick|url=http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=15093|publisher=Saints Heritage Society|accessdate=24 December 2013}} A shared benefit for; Percy Coldrick, Charlie Seeling and Frank Walford[http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1023] took place in April 1925.

Percy Coldrick played {{rlp|hk}} in Wigan's 13–2 victory over Oldham in the Championship Final during the 1921–22 season at The Cliff, Broughton on Saturday 6 May 1922.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=416|title=1921–1922 Championship Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}

Percy Coldrick played left-{{rlp|sr}} and scored a try in Wigan's 21–5 victory over Rochdale Hornets in the 1912–13 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1912–13 season at Weaste, Salford, on Wednesday 11 December 1912.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=415|title=1912–1913 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} and played right-{{rlp|sr}} in the 20–2 victory over Leigh in the 1922–23 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1922–23 season at The Willows, Salford, on Saturday 25 November 1922.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=417|title=1922–1923 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}

=International matches played under union code=

WalesSmith (1980), pg 464.

{{ru|ENG}} 1911, 1912
{{ru|FRA}} 1912
{{ru|IRE}} 1911
{{ru|SCO}} 1911, 1912

=International matches played under league code=

Wales

{{rl|ENG}} 1913, 1914

Great Britain

{{rl|AUS}} 1914, 1914, 1914

Bibliography

{{cite book|last=Parry-Jones|first=David|title=Prince Gwyn, Gwyn Nicholls and the First Golden Era of Welsh Rugby|year=1999|publisher=seren|location=Bridgend|isbn=1-85411-262-7}}
{{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}}