Hugh Morgan-Owen Explained

Hugh Morgan-Owen
Birth Date:1882
Birth Place:St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales
Death Place:Repton, Derbyshire, England
Nationalyears1:1900–1907
Nationalteam1:Wales
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:2

Hugh John Morgan-Owen (1882 – 6 March 1953) was a Welsh international footballer.

Morgan-Owen was born at St Asaph, Flintshire, son of Timothy Morgan-Owen, and educated at Shrewsbury School and Oxford University, where he was a football Blue against Cambridge University. Later he played in London for the Corinthians.[1]

Morgan-Owen was part of the Wales national football team between 1900 and 1907, playing 5 matches and scoring 2 goals. He played his first match on 26 March 1900 against England and his last match on 4 March 1907 against Scotland.[2]

Morgan-Owen also played cricket at county level for Montgomeryshire and, in 1904, for Shropshire on one occasion when he made 23 runs and took two wickets.[3]

His brother Morgan Morgan-Owen was also a Welsh international footballer.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Percival, Tony. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. 1999. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. 21. 1-902171-17-9. Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  2. Web site: Wales player database 1872 to 2013. eu-football.info. 30 April 2016.
  3. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 21,48.