Edwin Richards (field hockey)
Field hockey player
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Edwin William Gruffydd Richards[1] (sometimes referred to as Edward; 15 December 1879 – 10 December 1930)[2] was a field hockey player from Wales who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal as a member of the Welsh team.[3]
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| Born | 15 December 1879 Llanover, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 1930 (aged 50) Ipswich, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
Richards was the son of Susanna Thomas and Edwin William Richards, an iron monger from Goytre. His father died from Typhoid on the 3 September 1879; Edwin was born later that year on 15 December.[4]
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.[5]
He played club hockey for Abergavenny Hockey Club and would later captain his nation. By trade he was an architect working for Johnson, Richards, and Rees and was a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[6] He would later live in the village of Cefn Coed and become a parish councillor.[6]
He was taken ill during a shooting party and died in Ipswich on 10 December 1930 at the age of 50.[7]
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