{{Short description|Wales international rugby union player}} {{for|the rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s for Wales (RU), Cardiff, Other Nationalities (RL), and Rochdale Hornets|Wickham Powell}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Wick Powell | image = | caption = | birth_name = William Charles Powell | birth_date = 1905 | birth_place = Aberbeeg, Blaenau Gwent, Wales<ref>[http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/Personnel.aspx?pr=114133 Newport Gwent Dragons player profiles]</ref> | death_date = {{death year and age|1973|1905}} | death_place = South Africa | height = 5 ft 10 in | weight = {{convert|11|st|0|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | position = Scrum-half | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Abertillery RFC | amatteam2 = Crawshays RFC | amatteam3 = London Welsh RFC | amatteam4 = London Wasps | amatteam5 = Northampton Saints | amatteam6 = The Army | amatteam7 = Barbarians F.C. | amatteam8 = Middlesex County | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = Wales<ref>[http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26232&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles]</ref> | repyears1 = 1926-1935 | repcaps1 = 27 | reppoints1 = 13 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | occupation = architect }}
'''William Charles "Wick" Powell''' (1905–1973) was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for London Welsh and county rugby for Middlesex. Powell was a powerful passer whose speciality was the reverse pass, though he is often remembered for his varying displays for his country that sometimes would lose as much as win games.<ref name="Thomas66">Thomas (1979), p. 66.</ref>
==Rugby career== Powell first came to note when at the age of 16 was invited to tour with invitational team Crawshays. While 16, and as a Welsh Guardsman, he turned out for the Army XV. He left the army to qualify as an architect, and in 1926, while playing for London Welsh, he was brought into the Welsh squad against Scotland. Although Wales lost the match 8–5, Powell was hailed as a success as he appeared to complete his task of subduing Scotland's Ian Smith, who had scored seven tries in his last two games against Wales.<ref name="Goodwin158">Goodwin (1984), p. 158.</ref> Powell later captained Wales on two occasions, the first time against France in 1927, on only his fifth cap. He captained Wales again the next match against Ireland, but although his last captaincy he represented Wales 27 times until 1935.
===International matches played=== '''Wales'''<ref name="Smith470">Smith (1980), p. 470.</ref> *{{ru|ENG}} 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1935 *{{ru|FRA}} 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 *{{ru|IRE}} 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935 *{{ru|RSA}} 1931 *{{ru|SCO}} 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935
== Bibliography == * {{cite book |last=Goodwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willow Books|location=London|isbn=0-00-218060-X}} * {{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 }} * {{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Wayne |title=A Century of Welsh Rugby Players |year=1979 |publisher=Ansells Ltd}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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