Howard Poole
British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer
Rugby player
![]() Poole in New Zealand in 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Howard Nelson Poole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1905-01-15)15 January 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 January 1966(1966-01-20) (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Whitchurch, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Howard Poole (15 August 1905 – 20 January 1966)[1][2] was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Cardiff. Although never playing for Wales he was selected to play in the 1930 British Lions tour of New Zealand and Australia.
International matches played
British Lions
New Zealand 1930
Bibliography
- Billot, John (1972). All Blacks in Wales. Ferndale, Glamorgan: Ron Jones Publications.
- Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. Grafton Street, London: Willow Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
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British Lions – 1930 New Zealand and Australia tour
- Doug Prentice (Leicester and England) (captain)
- Henry Rew (Blackheath and England)
- Dai Parker (Swansea and Wales)
- WB Welsh (Hawick and Scotland)
- Brian Black (Oxford U. and England)
- Michael "Mike" Joseph Dunne (Lansdowne and Ireland)
- George Beamish (Leicester and Ireland)
- Jimmy Farrell (Bective Rangers and Ireland)
- John McDonald Hodgson (Northern)
- Henry O'Hara O'Neill (Queens and Ireland)
- Ivor Jones (Llanelli and Wales)
- Harry Wilkinson (Halifax and England)
- Samuel "Sam" Airey Martindale Martindale (Kendal and England)
- Douglas Kendrew (Leicester and England)
- HCS Jones (Manchester and England)
- Jack Bassett (Penarth and Wales)
- WG McG Bonner (Bradford)
- Carl Aarvold (Cambridge U. and England)
- James "Jim" SR Reeve (Harlequins and England)
- Jack Morley (Newport and Wales)
- Anthony "Tony" L Novis (Blackheath and England)
- R Jennings (Redruth)
- Harry Bowcott (Cambridge U. and Wales)
- Tommy Jones-Davies (London Welsh and Wales)
- Paul Finbarr Murray (Wanderers and Ireland)
- Roger Spencer Spong (Old Millhillians and England)
- Wilfred "Wilf" Henry Sobey (Old Millhillians and England)
- Thomas "Tom" Caldwell Knowles (Birkenhead Park)
- Howard Poole (Cardiff)
James Baxter