Player

Derek (CD) Williams - Back row

Cardiff
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Derek (CD) Williams
Date Of Birth28/11/1924
Place Of BirthCardiff
EducationCanton High School, Oxford University
ClubsCardiff, Neath, London Welsh, Penarth
RegionsSouthern Counties, Berkshire
HonoursWales
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
Charles Derek (CD) Williams was born in Cardiff in 1924 and played 248 games for Cardiff between 1945 and 1959 scoring 43 tries. Although a fine back row forward CD only won two international making his debut against France in Colombes 1955 then against the same opposition in Cardiff the following year. CD had won a ‘Blue’ at Oxford and in 1958 played for the Barbarians at Leicester. He was a member of the Rugby Committee 1974 - 75 served for some time as the President of Cardiff Athletic Club. 
As well as playing rugby at a high level CD was a fine athlete and the London Olympic games in 1948 had carried the Olympic torch into Wembley Stadium.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
1945-1946 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949-1950 7 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 3
1950-1951 24 16 4 4 3 0 0 0 9
1951-1952 36 27 1 8 9 0 0 0 27
1952-1953 36 28 3 5 8 0 0 0 24
1953-1954 41 34 3 4 9 0 0 0 27
1954-1955 26 21 2 3 5 0 0 0 15
1955-1956 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1957-1958 36 25 6 5 5 0 0 0 15
1958-1959 39 17 7 15 3 0 0 0 9
TOTAL 248 172 28 48 43 0 0 0 129
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 22 19 0 3 725 396 94
Llandovery 21 19 0 2 690 331 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