Reg Plummer (rugby union) explained

Reg Plummer
Birth Name:Reginald Clifford Stanley Plummer[1]
Birth Date:29 December 1888
Birth Place:Newport, Monmouthshire
Death Place:Newport, Monmouthshire
Position:Wing
Amatyears2:1905-1923
Amatyears3:1922-1923
Amatyears4:1921-1922
Amatteam1:London Welsh RFC
Amatteam2:Newport RFC
Amatteam3:Crawshays RFC
Amatteam4:Barbarian F.C.
Repteam1:Wales[2]
Repteam2:British Lions
Repyears1:1912-1913
Repyears2:1910
Repcaps1:5
Repcaps2:0
Reppoints1:6
Reppoints2:0
Occupation:Hotelier
School:Long Ashton School, Bristol

Reg Plummer (29 December 1888  - 18 June 1953) was a Welsh international, rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and invitational rugby with both the Barbarians and Crawshays RFC. He won five caps for Wales and was selected for the British Lions 1910 tour of South Africa, though he did not play in any of the test games.

Rugby career

Plummer first played for Newport in 1905 at the age of 17 and spent almost the entirety of his career with the club. He captained Newport during the 1920/21 season and was part of the team that faced three touring sides; the 1906 and 1912 South Africans and the 1910 Australians.

Plummer was first capped for Wales on 3 February 1912 when he played against Scotland at St Helens under the captaincy of Dicky Owen. It was an excellent game from a Welsh viewpoint as the team beat Scotland 21-6, and Plummer himself scored a try. During the same campaign he scored a second international try, this time against France at Rodney Parade. Plummer was later selected against the touring South African team, as he done so for Newport two months earlier.

International matches played

Wales[3]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.blackandambers.co.uk/Personnel.aspx?pr=107141 Newport RFC player profile
  2. http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26227&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
  3. Smith (1980), pg 470.