Gwyn Nicholls

Gwyn Nicholls

Birth name	Erith Gwyn Nicholls
Date of birth	(1874-07-15)15 July 1874
Place of birth	Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Date of death	24 March 1939(1939-03-24) (aged 64)
Place of death	Dinas Powys, Wales
School	Howard Gardens
Notable relative(s)	Bert Winfield, brother in law Sydney Nicholls, brother Jack Nicholls, nephew
Spouse	Emmeline Nicholls (nee Thomas)
Children	Ivor Nicholls
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1891-1892 1892-1893 1893-1902 1902 1902-1906 Cardiff Star Cardiff Harlequins RFC Cardiff RFC Newport RFC Cardiff RFC () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1896-1906 1899 Wales British Isles 24 4 (13)[1] (6)

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.