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Birth name | Erith Gwyn Nicholls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 15 July 1874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 March 1939 | (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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