Gwyn_Nicholls
Gwyn Nicholls
British Lions & Wales international rugby union footballer
Erith Gwyn Nicholls (15 July 1874 – 24 March 1939)[2] was a Welsh rugby union player who gained 24 caps for Wales as a centre. Nicholls was known as the "Prince of Threequarters".[3]
Born in Westbury-on-Severn, Nicholls started his rugby career with Cardiff Star[4] before playing in the Cardiff first team from 1893. He spent all his playing career with Cardiff, playing 18 seasons for them, apart from half a season with Newport in 1901/2 when he began a laundry business there with fellow Welsh international Bert Winfield.[3] He captained Cardiff for four seasons; 1898/9 through to 1900/1 and again in 1903/04.