Tom Llewellyn

{{Short description|GB & Wales international rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |first = RU |name = Tom Llewellyn |fullname = Thomas Llewellyn |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1882|3|27|df=y}}<ref name="WRL">{{cite web |title=Player Profile - Tom Llewellyn |url=https://rugbyleague.wales/player-rl?id=151808&authtoken=QkU3RUVDRjAtMzYzNi00Q0M3LTk0Q0EtMEE4MUI2QkJGMjM4&teamid=MTA1MzU3 |website=Wales Rugby League |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> |birth_place = Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales |death_date = 1956<ref name="WRL" /> |death_place = Warrington, England |height = |weight = |ru_position = |position = {{rlp|CE}} |ru_club1 = Treherbert RFC |ru_year1start = |ru_year1end = |ru_appearances1 = |ru_tries1 = |ru_goals1 = |ru_fieldgoals1 = |ru_points1 = |club1 = Leeds |year1start = 1904 |year1end = 07 |appearances1 = |tries1 = |goals1 = |fieldgoals1 = |points1 = |club2 = Oldham |year2start = 1907 |year2end = 12 |appearances2 = 123 |tries2 = 28 |goals2 = 1 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 86 |teamA = Other Nationalities |yearAstart = 1904 |yearAend = 06 |appearancesA = 3 |triesA = 1 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 3 |teamB = Wales |yearBstart = 1908 |yearBend = |appearancesB = 2 |triesB = |goalsB = |fieldgoalsB = |pointsB = |teamC = Great Britain |yearCstart = 1908 |yearCend = |appearancesC = 2 |triesC = 1 |goalsC = 0 |fieldgoalsC = 0 |pointsC = 3 |retired = yes |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tom-llewellyn/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=9031 |title=Tom Llewellyn |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> }}

'''Thomas Llewellyn''' (1882 – 1956) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Whitchurch RFC and Treherbert RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Yorkshire and Oldham, as a {{rlp|ce}}.<ref>{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}</ref>

==Playing career==

===International honours=== Tom Llewellyn won caps for Wales (RL) while at Oldham in 1908, and was named captain in Wales first every rugby league international match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Captains |url=https://rugbyleague.wales/captains |website=Wales Rugby League |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref> He won two caps for Great Britain in 1908 against New Zealand, and also won two caps for Other Nationalities, both against England.

===Championship final appearances=== Tom Llewellyn played left-{{rlp|ce}} in Oldham's 3–7 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1908–09 season at The Willows, Salford on Saturday 1 May 1909.<ref>{{cite web|title=1908–1909 Championship Final|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=414|work=cherryandwhite.co.uk|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|accessdate=3 January 2012|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224626/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=414|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===County Cup Final appearances=== Tom Llewellyn played left-{{rlp|ce}} in Oldham's 9–10 defeat by Wigan in the 1908 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 19 December 1908.<ref name="1908-1909 Lancashire Cup Final">{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=412|title=1908–1909 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_k_l.htm Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn, Thomas}} Category:1882 births Category:1956 deaths Category:20th-century Welsh sportsmen Category:Great Britain national rugby league team players Category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players Category:Other Nationalities rugby league team players Category:Place of birth missing Category:Place of death missing Category:Rugby league centres Category:Rugby league players from Cardiff Category:Rugby union players from Cardiff Category:Treherbert RFC players Category:Wales national rugby league team players Category:Welsh rugby league players Category:Welsh rugby union players