Teddy Morgan

Teddy Morgan
	Dr. Morgan in Wales jersey (c 1895)
Born	Edward T. Morgan; 22 May 1880; Aberdare, Wales
Died	1 September 1949 (aged 69); North Walsham England
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
School	Christ College, Brecon
University	Guy's Hospital
Notable relative(s)	William Llewellyn Morgan, brother; Guy Morgan, nephew
Occupation	doctor
Rugby union career
Position
Position	Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1901-03; ?; 1900-?; ?; 1906	Newport RFC; Guy's Hospital; London Welsh RFC; Swansea RFC; Glamorgan County RFC
International career
Years	Team
1902–1908; 1904	Wales; Great Britain

Edward "Teddy" Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949)^[3] was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks and is remembered for scoring the winning try. He played club rugby for London Welsh and Swansea.

International career

Wales

Morgan had moved to London from Newport in 1902 to take up a post at Guy's Hospital in London, where he took up playing with the Welsh exiles, London Welsh. It was while playing in London that Morgan earned his first international call up, against England. Morgan's career with Wales saw him score 14 tries from the wing, but his most well remembered was the try he scored against the Original All Blacks in 1905. In the monumental match between the unbeaten All Blacks and the Triple Crown-winning Welsh team, Morgan is believed to have led the his team in singing the Welsh national anthem in response to the New Zealanders' haka.^[2] This was the first time a national anthem had been sung at a sporting event.^[4] During a strongly contested game, a single score decided the game. In the twenty-fifth minute, Welsh scrum half Dicky Owen released the ball to Cliff Pritchard, who received the ball at ankle level before darting forward. Having passed by Bob Dean, Pritchard released to Rhys Gabe who in turn found Morgan. Morgan dummied George Gillett and touched the ball down in the corner.^[5]

As well as scoring the winning try for Wales against the 1905 All Blacks, he was also central to a controversial decision during the match. During the game, New Zealand player Bob Deans dived for the Welsh try line with the ball and was tackled by Cliff Pritchard and Rhys Gabe. The referee decided Deans landed short, and no try was given. Morgan stated later that the ball was successfully grounded and the try should have counted.^[6]^[7]

International games played

Wales^[8]

England 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906
France 1908
Ireland 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906
New Zealand 1905
Scotland 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906
South Africa 1906

British Isles

In 1904 Morgan was one of the Welsh players chosen to tour Australasia^[9] under the captaincy of Bedell-Sivright. Morgan would captain the British team against both Australia and New Zealand during this tour.^[6]

Later career and death

Morgan became a General Practitioner in Sketty, Swansea before moving to a new practice in East Anglia. While at Sketty, another international rugby player joined his practice in the early 1920s, D Bertram, who would go on to be capped 11 times for Scotland.^[10] Morgan died on 1 September 1949 in North Walsham. In 2008, Morgan was celebrated by the local council when it was decided to raise a blue plaque at his birthplace to commemorate his life.^[11]

Bibliography

Jones, Stephen (1985). Dragon in Exile, The Centenary History of London Welsh R.F.C. London: Springwood Books. ISBN 0-86254-125-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Parry-Jones, David (1999). Prince Gwyn, Gwyn Nicholls and the First Golden Era of Welsh Rugby. Bridgend: seren. ISBN 1-85411-262-7.
Thomas, Wayne (1979). A Century of Welsh Rugby Players. Ansells Ltd. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Smith, David (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

References

^ Newport RFC Personnel Profile
^ ^a ^b "School remembers Teddy's 1905 try". BBC. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
^ WRU player profile
^ "THE 1905/06 'ORIGINALS'". rugbymuseum.co.nz. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
^ Parry-Jones (1999), pg 152.
^ ^a ^b Thomas (1979), pg39.
^ Parry-Jones (1999), pg 156.
^ Smith (1980), pg 467.
^ Smith (1980), pg 148.
^ Swansea R.F.C. player profiles
^ Blue plaques mark proud heritage BBC News 24 September 2008

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[1] Newport RFC Personnel Profile

[School-2] "School remembers Teddy's 1905 try". BBC. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 10 July 2008.

[3] WRU player profile

[1905AllBlacks-4] "THE 1905/06 'ORIGINALS'". rugbymuseum.co.nz. Retrieved 10 July 2008.

[Parry-Jones152-5] Parry-Jones (1999), pg 152.

[Thomas39-6] Thomas (1979), pg39.

[Parry-Jones156-7] Parry-Jones (1999), pg 156.

[Smith467-8] Smith (1980), pg 467.

[Smith148-9] Smith (1980), pg 148.

[10] Swansea R.F.C. player profiles

[11] Blue plaques mark proud heritage BBC News 24 September 2008

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v t e British & Irish Lions team captains
To 1910	1888: Robert Seddon ^{Note 1} 1888: Andrew Stoddart ^{Note 1} 1891: Bill Maclagan 1896: Johnny Hammond 1899: Matthew Mullineux ^{Note 2} 1899: Frank Stout ^{Note 2} 1903: Mark Morrison 1904: David Bedell-Sivright^{Note 3} 1904: Teddy Morgan^{Note 3} 1908: Boxer Harding 1910: John Raphael^{Note 4}
To present	1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} 1910: Jack Jones^{Note 5} 1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith 1927: David MacMyn 1930: Doug Prentice 1936: Bernard Gadney 1938: Sam Walker 1950: Karl Mullen 1950: Bleddyn Williams^{Note 6} 1955: Robin Thompson 1955: Cliff Morgan^{Note 7} 1959: Ronnie Dawson 1962: Arthur Smith 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton 1966: David Watkins^{Note 8} 1968: Tom Kiernan 1971: John Dawes 1974: Willie John McBride 1977: Phil Bennett 1980: Bill Beaumont 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald 1986: Colin Deans 1989: Finlay Calder 1993: Gavin Hastings 1997: Martin Johnson 2001: Martin Johnson 2005: Brian O'Driscoll^{Note 9} 2005: Michael Owen^{Note 9} 2005: Gareth Thomas^{Note 9} 2009: Paul O'Connell 2013: Sam Warburton 2013: Alun Wyn Jones^{Note 19} 2017: Peter O'Mahony^{Note 11} 2017: Sam Warburton 2021: Alun Wyn Jones^{Note 12} 2025: Maro Itoje
Notes	Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident. Andrew Stoddart became captain for the remainder of the tour. Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain. Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was considered the Combined British team by Argentina because it also included three Scots. Note 5: Jack Jones was captain for the first test, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6: Bleddyn Williams captained in the third and fourth tests v New Zealand and the first test v Australia. Note 7: Cliff Morgan captained in the third test. Note 8: David Watkins captained in the second and foruth tests v New Zealand. Note 9: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test against New Zealand. Gareth Thomas replaced him as tour captain. Note 10: Sam Warburton was injured in the second test. Alun Wyn Jones replaced him as captain for the third test. Note 11: Tour captain Sam Warburton was named on the bench for the first test. Peter O'Mahony was the captain on the field. Note 12: Tour captain Alun Wyn Jones left the squad for 17 days due to an injury in the first warm-up match, and was replaced by Conor Murray temporarily.