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Gordon Wells - Wing

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Gordon Wells
Height180
Weight83
Date Of Birth25/10/1928
Place Of BirthPorth
EducationPorth County School
ClubsCardiff, Penygraig, Neath
HonoursWales
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
Gordon Thomas Wells joined Cardiff comparatively late into his career at the age of 23 in 1952. He was a distinguished track and field athlete, winning the Welsh sprint title and was the United Kingdom record holder in the Triple jump. Before joining Cardiff, he played for Neath, including a game for the combined Aberavon and Neath XV against the 1951 Springboks. Between 1952 and 1962 Gordon spent 10 seasons with Cardiff, scoring 119 tries in 254 appearances, and was a popular captain in 1959 - 60. His international debut came against England in 1955 and he went on to gain seven Welsh caps, (four in the centre and three on the wing) and he also represented the Barbarians 14 times between 1955 and 1959.    
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1952-1953 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
1953-1954 8 6 1 1 3 0 0 0 9
1954-1955 34 28 3 3 17 0 0 0 51
1955-1956 34 24 0 10 20 0 0 0 60
1956-1957 29 23 2 4 11 0 0 0 33
1957-1958 29 24 3 2 14 0 0 0 42
1958-1959 22 12 4 6 7 0 0 0 21
1959-1960 42 25 7 10 16 0 0 0 48
1960-1961 34 24 4 6 21 0 0 0 63
1961-1962 17 11 3 3 10 0 0 0 30
TOTAL 254 182 27 45 120 0 0 0 360
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Llandovery 20 19 0 1 684 307 90
Newport 21 18 0 3 701 390 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19