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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Wales international rugby union footballer}}<br />
{{Infobox rugby biography<br />
| name = Cliff Richards<br />
| image =<br />
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| birth_name = William Clifford Richards<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1901|03|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hafodyrynys]], [[Caerphilly County Borough]], [[Wales]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1964|02|13|1901|03|28}}<br />
| death_place = [[Crumlin, Caerphilly|Crumlin]], [[Wales]]<br />
| height = <br />
| weight = <br />
| position = [[Rugby union positions#14. & 11. Wing|Wing]]<br />
| amatyears1 = <br />
| amatteam1 = [[Crumlin RFC]]<br />
| amatteam2 = [[Pontypool RFC]]<br />
| amatteam3 = [[Swansea RFC]]<br />
| ru_amclubcaps = <br />
| ru_amclubpoints = <br />
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| repteam1 = {{nrut|Wales}}<ref>[https://archive.today/20110526114942/http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26282&includeref=dynamic WRU player profile]</ref><br />
| repyears1 = 1922&ndash;1924<br />
| repcaps1 = 5<br />
| reppoints1 = 6<br />
| ru_ntupdate = <br />
| coachteams1 = <br />
| coachyears1 = <br />
| ru_coachupdate = <br />
| occupation = Collier<br />
}}<br />
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'''William Clifford Richards''' (28 March 1901 – 13 February 1964) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] international [[rugby union]] wing who played club rugby for [[Pontypool RFC|Pontypool]] and [[Swansea RFC|Swansea]] and represented [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] at international level. Richards was a coal miner by trade, and worked in the pits all his adult life. In 1964, while working at the Navigation Colliery in [[Crumlin, Caerphilly|Crumlin]], he was killed in an [[Mining accident|underground accident]].<ref>[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2005/12/09/the-pit-and-the-pitch-91466-16464648/ The Pit and the Pitch] Walesonline 09-12-2005</ref><br />
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==Rugby career==<br />
Richards was first capped for Wales while playing first class rugby for Pontypool. His first international game was against England in the opening Welsh match of the [[1922 Five Nations Championship]]. Under the captaincy of [[Tom Parker (rugby union)|Tom Parker]], Wales were convincing winners over a far more experienced England, running in eight [[Try (rugby)|tries]], of which Richards scored one. The 1922 Wales team was noted for its stability, with only two changes throughout the entire campaign. Richards played in all four matches, though was initially dropped for the final match of the tournament against France. The selectors had originally chosen [[Frank Palmer (rugby union)|Frank Palmer]] and [[Harold Davies (rugby union)|Harold Davies]], but switched to Richards and [[Islwyn Evans]], just minutes before kick-off, as they believed they would be better suited to the harder French sun-baked pitch.<ref name="Godwin138">Godwin (1984), pg 138.</ref> At the end of the Championship, Wales won three games and drew the match against Scotland, lifting the tournament as out-right winners.<br />
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Richards played one final game for Wales, when he faced Ireland at the [[Cardiff Arms Park]], in the third Welsh match of the [[1924 Five Nations Championship]]. Although Richards scored the second try of his international career, Wales still lost the game and Richards was not selected for Wales again.<br />
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===International matches played===<br />
'''Wales'''<ref name="Smith471">Smith (1980), pg 471.</ref><br />
* {{ru|ENG}} 1922<br />
* {{ru|FRA}} 1922<br />
* {{ru|IRE}} 1922, 1924<br />
* {{ru|SCO}} 1922<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willows Books |location=London |isbn=0-00-218060-X}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|title=The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records |year=1987 |publisher=Phoenix House |location=London |isbn=0-460-07003-7}}<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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[[Category:1901 births]]<br />
[[Category:1964 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Accidental deaths in Wales]]<br />
[[Category:Industrial accident deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Pontypool RFC players]]<br />
[[Category:Rugby union players from Caerphilly County Borough]]<br />
[[Category:Rugby union wings]]<br />
[[Category:Swansea RFC players]]<br />
[[Category:Wales international rugby union players]]<br />
[[Category:Welsh miners]]<br />
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