Player

Archie Skym - Prop

Cardiff

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Date Of Birth	12/07/1906
Place Of Birth	Drefach
Clubs	Cardiff, Tumble
Regions	Scarlets
Honours	Wales
Invitational	Crawshays, Barbarians

Archie Skym was born in Drefach, Carmarthen and began with his local team, soon moving to play for Tumble. After some impressive performances as a prop he was soon playing for Llanelly before joining Cardiff in 1929. In a six year stay at the Arms Park he played 212 games for the club, scoring 32 tries. Skym also gained 20 international caps for Wales and represented the Barbarians against East Midlands in 1932.
A policeman with the Glamorgan force he was stationed at Whitchurch and played for the both the Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire Police sides.
In 1970 at the age of 63 Archie Skym passed away.

PLAYER FOR				P	W	D	L	TRY	CON	PEN	DG	PTS
Wales				20	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	6
TOTAL				20	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	6

TEAM	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PTS
Newport	24	21	0	3	845	446	104
Llandovery	22	20	0	2	717	355	95
Ebbw Vale	23	17	0	6	708	433	85
Cardiff	24	15	1	8	731	536	78
Pontypridd	24	12	1	11	544	572	63
Pontypool	21	13	0	8	549	485	61
Merthyr	21	11	0	10	535	569	56
Aberavon	23	8	0	15	507	652	47
Bridgend Ravens	22	8	0	14	463	667	42
Swansea	21	6	0	15	427	589	36
Carmarthen Quins	22	5	0	17	469	666	33
RGC 1404	21	5	0	16	424	579	30
Neath	22	3	0	19	379	749	20