Wales Teddy Morgan

1905 wales squad, morgan, front row, left

morgan moved london newport in 1902 take post @ guy s hospital, , played london welsh. while playing in london morgan earned first international cap, wales against england. morgan s career wales saw him score 14 tries wing, best-remembered against original blacks @ cardiff arms park on 16 december 1905. in monumental match between unbeaten blacks , triple crown-winning welsh team, morgan believed have led team in singing welsh national anthem in response new zealanders haka. first time national anthem had been sung @ sporting event. contested game decided single score. in twenty-fifth minute, welsh scrum half dicky owen released ball cliff pritchard, received ball @ ankle level before darting forward. having run past bob dean, pritchard released rhys gabe in turn found morgan. morgan dummied george gillett , touched ball down in corner.

after match morgan expressed disagreement referee s controversial decision disallow try claimed new zealand player bob deans. contemporary reporter stated morgan sprinted across left wing, , helped winfield save otherwise have been try tackling deans before grounded ball, and, though splendid effort made centre threequarter straggle over, timely reinforcements came morgan, , ball grounded between 2 , 3 feet line, though deans considers grounded ball in goal. incident has been subject of different accounts, cliff pritchard, rhys gabe , welsh captain gwyn nicholls claiming have been among tacklers , in position see ball grounded short of line.