# Charlie Pugh > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charlie_Pugh > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charlie_Pugh.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Pugh > Source revision: 1350513618 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Welsh international rugby union player}} {{About|the rugby player|other people with the same name|Charles Pugh (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Charlie Pugh | image = | caption = | birth_name = Charles Henry Pugh | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = [Pontypridd](/source/Pontypridd), [Wales](/source/Wales) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|01|23|1896|3|7|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = [Lock](/source/Rugby_union_positions) | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = [Aberavon RFC](/source/Aberavon_RFC) | amatteam2 = [Maesteg RFC](/source/Maesteg_RFC) | amatteam3 = [Neath RFC](/source/Neath_RFC) | amatteam4 = [Glamorgan Police RFC](/source/Glamorgan_Police_RFC) | amatteam5 = [Glamorgan County RFC](/source/Glamorgan_County_RFC) | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team)[http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26249&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} | repyears1 = 1924–1925 | repcaps1 = 7 | reppoints1 = 3 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | occupation = Police officer[http://www.neathrugby.co.uk/news/2008/11/17/a-neath-warning-for-warren/ A Neath warning for Warren]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Neath RFC website | school = Port Talbot County School[http://www.ospreysrugby.com/ospreys_squad_view.php?player_id=103827 Ospreys player profiles]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} }} '''Charles Henry Pugh''' (7 March 1896 – 23 January 1951) was a [Welsh](/source/Wales) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player who played rugby for three notable Welsh clubs, [Aberavon](/source/Aberavon_RFC), [Maesteg](/source/Maesteg_RFC) and [Neath](/source/Neath_RFC). He was capped seven times for [Wales](/source/Wales_national_rugby_union_team) and was part of the Welsh team that faced the touring [1924 New Zealand team](/source/The_Invincibles_(rugby_union)). ==Rugby career== Pugh was first selected to represent Wales in the opening match of the [1924 Five Nations Championship](/source/1924_Five_Nations_Championship). Played at home at [St Helen's](/source/St._Helen's_Rugby_and_Cricket_Ground), Wales faced England, who had finished the previous season as home nations [Grand Slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(rugby_union)) winners. Under the captaincy of [Joe Rees](/source/Joe_Rees_(rugby_union%2C_born_1893)), Pugh was one of nine new Welsh caps in the team who would eventually lose 17-9 to England. Pugh was reselected for the next game of the tournament, away to Scotland, but this was an even worse result than the English game, with the Welsh team letting in eight tries. Six of the Wales team never played for the national team after this match, though the selectors kept faith in Pugh for the next match against Ireland. After [Jack Whitfield](/source/Jack_Whitfield)'s lone spell as captain in the Scotland game, the Welsh were now led by [Rowe Harding](/source/Rowe_Harding), though the result remained the same. In a close game at the [Cardiff Arms Park](/source/Cardiff_Arms_Park), Pugh scored his only international points when he scored one of two Welsh [tries](/source/Try_(rugby)), though this was not enough to gain victory over the Irish team. In the final game of the tournament, Pugh found himself again selected, the only forward to have played in all four matches of the Championship.Smith (1980), pg 204. Towards the end of 1924, Pugh was part of the Welsh squad who faced [George Nēpia](/source/George_N%C4%93pia)'s touring New Zealand team. Wales were beaten in a one-sided affair, though Pugh worked tirelessly under the pack leadership of [Steve Morris](/source/Steve_Morris_(rugby_union)).Billot (1972), pg 68. Pugh played two more games for Wales, both in the [1925 Championship](/source/1925_Five_Nations_Championship), against England and Scotland. Wales lost both matches, leaving Pugh with only a single victory in a seven match international career. ===International matches played=== '''Wales'''Smith (1980), pg 470. * {{ru|ENG}} 1924, 1925 * {{ru|FRA}} 1924 * {{ru|IRE}} 1924 * {{ru|SCO}} 1924, 1925 * {{ru|NZL}} 1924 ==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last=Billot |first=John |title=All Blacks in Wales |year=1972 |publisher=Ron Jones Publications |location=Ferndale }} * {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willows Books |location=London |isbn=0-00-218060-X}} * {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|title=The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records |year=1987 |publisher=Phoenix House |location=London |isbn=0-460-07003-7}} * {{cite book |last=Smith |first=David |author2=Williams, Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3 }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pugh, Charlie}} Category:1896 births Category:1951 deaths Category:Aberavon RFC players Category:Glamorgan Police RFC players Category:Maesteg RFC players Category:Neath RFC players Category:Glamorgan Police officers Category:People educated at Port Talbot County Boys' Grammar School Category:Rugby union players from Pontypridd Category:Rugby union locks Category:Wales international rugby union players Category:Welsh police officers Category:Welsh rugby union players Category:Glamorgan County RFC players Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charlie Pugh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Pugh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Pugh?action=history)). 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