Sid Judd
{{Short description|Welsh rugby player (1928–1959)}}
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| name = Sid Judd
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| birth_name = Sidney Judd
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|8|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| death_place = Llanrumney, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|2|24|1928|8|14|df=yes}}
| height =
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| position = Flanker
| amatyears1 =
| amatyears2 = ?-1946
| amatyears3 = 1946-1956
| amatyears4 = 1951-52
| amatteam1 = Trinity College Carmarthen
| amatteam2 = Carmarthen Athletic RFC
| amatteam3 = Cardiff RFC
| amatteam4 = Barbarian F.C.
| amatapps1 =
| amatapps2 =
| amatapps3 = 184
| amatpoints1 =
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| repteam1 = Welsh Secondary Schools
| repteam2 = Wales
| repyears1 =
| repyears2 = 1953–1955
| repcaps1 =
| repcaps2 = 10
| reppoints1 =
| reppoints2 = 3
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| occupation = school-master
| school = Cardiff High School
| university = Trinity College, Carmarthen
}}
Sidney "Sid" Judd (14 August 1928 – 24 February 1959)[http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/player/5656.html Sid Judd player profile] ESPNScrum.com was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Cardiff and Carmarthen Athletic. He won 10 caps for Wales and is best remembered for scoring one of Wales' two tries in their 1953 victory over New Zealand.
Rugby career
Judd began playing rugby as a schoolboy while at Cardiff High School. As a schoolboy he was selected for Welsh secondary schools and continued playing after he matriculated to Trinity College, Carmarthen, turning out for the college team.{{cite web |url=http://www.tsd.ac.uk/en/alumni/trinitycollegealumni/history/ |title=Trinity College Alumni |publisher=Trinity Saint David |access-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919055005/http://www.tsd.ac.uk/en/alumni/trinitycollegealumni/history/ |archive-date=19 September 2012 }} While in Carmarthen, Judd turned out as a senior for Carmarthen Athletic RFC. After leaving Trinity, he moved back to Cardiff becoming a school-teacher at Windsor Clive Secondary Modern School.
In 1946 he joined first-class Welsh team, Cardiff RFC.Davies (1975), p.109 Judd was a consistent part of the Cardiff team, and in the ten seasons he turned out for the club he was selected 184 times scoring 45 tries.Davies (1975), p.408 During the 1951/52 season, Judd was selected for invitational touring side the Barbarians and played in the Mobbs Memorial Match against East Midlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.cardiffrfc.com/Personnel.aspx?pr=103926 |title=Sidney Judd: Cardiff RFC profile |publisher=cardiffrfc.com |access-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728131009/http://www.cardiffrfc.com/Personnel.aspx?pr=103926 |archive-date=28 July 2012 }}
=International matches played=
Wales
- {{ru|ENG}} 1953, 1954, 1955
- {{ru|FRA}} 1953, 1954
- {{ru|IRE}} 1953
- {{ru|NZL}} 1953
- {{ru|SCO}} 1953, 1954, 1955
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 |last=Davies |first=D.E. |title=Cardiff Rugby Club, History and Statistics 1876-1975 |year=1975 |publisher=The Starling Press |location=Risca |isbn=0-9504421-0-0}}
- {{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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Category:Rugby union players from Cardiff
Category:Welsh rugby union players
Category:Wales international rugby union players
Category:Barbarian F.C. players