Cyril Challinor Explained

Cyril Challinor
Birth Date:13 May 1912
Birth Place:Crynant, Wales
Death Place:Neath, Wales
Position:Wing-forward
Repyears1:1939
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

Cyril Challinor (13 May 1912 — 29 November 1976) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Challinor hailed from Crynant near Neath and joined Crynant RFC as a teenager.[1]

A wing-forward, Challinor moved to Neath RFC during the 1933–34 season, from where he gained his solitary Wales cap in the 1939 Home Nations, playing against England at Twickenham.[2]

Challinor remained with Neath until retiring after the 1945–46 season, but continued to serve the club with various roles on the committee, including chairman.[3] He was an engineering foreman by profession and worked at Blaenant Colliery.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Two very proud and very happy rugby-men .... . . 3 August 1973.
  2. News: Challinor dies . . 30 November 1976.
  3. News: Neath Rugby Chairman . . 26 July 1956.