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37:Personal information
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686:"Player Statistics"
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538:Welsh national side
480:, and professional
78:Playing information
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1305:1919 births
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1242:Roy Pollard
1202:Jack Hilton
1144:Ernest Ward
1042:Ernest Ward
1037:Martin Ryan
1012:Tommy McCue
982:Dai Jenkins
977:Fred Hughes
942:Eric Batten
574:Club career
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540:before the
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113:Rugby union
103:(92.1
1299:Categories
1278:Managers:
1267:Ken Traill
1063:Managers:
929:Gus Risman
643:References
610:Warrington
520:Early life
514:second-row
253:Second-row
49:1919-06-28
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1057:Les White
1027:Ike Owens
992:Joe Jones
833:1 January
670:1 January
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486:Glamorgan
221:Glamorgan
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1177:Joe Egan
1072:chairman
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