Past Players
Godfrey Darbyshire 1853-1889.
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Sir Hugh Corbet Vincent
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Charles Peter Allen 1861-1930.
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Dewi Bebb.
Born 1939.A pupil at Friars School, son of the famous Welsh historian, Ambrose Bebb. When he left school, he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Navy. There he quickly distinguished himself as a very fast wing three-quarter. Soon he played for the Navy in representative matches - Entered Trinity College Carmarthen to train a teacher- He played for the college lst XV and he also turned out for Swansea who quickly realised his potential. It was not long before he was chosen to Play For Wales, and he represented his country on 34 occasions. He toured with the British Lions in 1962 and 1966. He taught for a number of years then became sports editor with Harlech Televison.
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Tony Gray.
Born in Bangor 1942. A former pupil of Friars School. Trained as teacher in Cardiff. Played for Newbridge and eventually Took up a post in London where he soon achieved prominence as a back row forward with London Welsh. Played for Wales on two occasions against England and Scotland in 1968. Captained the London Welsh championship side in 1971-2. In 1973 he was appointed to the staff of the University College, Bangor, lecturing in physical education. In the 1979 - 80 season , he became one of the "big five" selectors for the Welsh Rugby Union.
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LIewellyn Morgan Rees 1913-1972
Native of Rhigos. Educated at Aberdare Grammar School. Played For Welsh Secondary Schools against French Schools in 1930. Entered University College Cardiff and in 1933-34 was Captain of the college lst. XV. Graduated in Latin His prowess as an athlete qualified him for admission to the Carnegie College, Leeds, then a comparatively new institution, training an elite corps of teachers for physical education. His first teaching post was at Fleetwood, then at Devonport high school. Played for Plymouth Albion and Devon County. In 1939 he enlisted in the RAF- and he was also a Welsh international trialist. In 1946 he became lecturer in Physical Education at the Normal College, Bangor. Under his watchful eye the College Rugby Club became a force to be reckoned with in Inter-College football. He was selector of the University of Wales Rugby team and he was the Manager and chief selector of the British Universities team. A highly competent radio broadcaster in Welsh on Rugby.
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GWYN ROBLIN Born 1909
President of Bangor RUFC
Represented Wales at under 15 and under 19 age group. Played for North Wales. Moved to Bangor Normal College in 1949. Became president of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1979 and accompanied the Welsh XV on its tour of the U.S.A. and Canada in 1980.
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Alan W Davies Born 1933
Hails from the Mumbles, near Swansea. Played in the 1st. XV for Swansea Grammar School, Mumbles RFC and various sides during his RAF service. Came to live in Bangor in 1960, being employed by the Royal Insurance, and since then has been energetically involved with rugby football in the area. Played for Beaumaris and later Bangor, at full back. Captained the Bangor club in 1963, when the side returned to the Werne Fields. Has been successively secretary, vice-chairman and chairman of the club. He is now a well known referee with the North Wales Referee Society, and from 1970 onwards has been a Welsh Rugby Union referee. He is chairman of the North Wales Referee Society.
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Stuart Roy
Born :25.12.1968 Ely Cambridgeshire
Height 6'6"
Weight : 17st 8lb
Position : Lock
Clubs : Cardiff & Pontypridd
Although born in Cambridgeshire Stuart was raised In North Wales on Anglesey and was educated at Ysgol David Hughes, Menai Bridge alongside fellow North Walian International Robin McBryde . He is a product of the Bangor RFC Youth section having started playing at the age of 10. Represented Welsh Schools 3 times and went on the Under 19's tour to New Zealand in 1997 .He has 8 Welsh Students caps , several A & B caps (an ever present in the 1992/93 Welsh A side ) . Won his only full cap as a 72 minute replacement for Derwyn Jones against Japan ( 27.09.1995 ) in Blomfontein during the 1995 World Cup in South Africa .He sat on the bench several times for Wales without adding to his solitary cap and was a sub in all matches during the 1992 Five Nations Championship .One of those shirts was kindly donated by Stuart and is proudly on display at Bangor Rugby Club. Early in his career he played one game for Neath before moving on to Cardiff where he helped the Capital side win the 1994/95 Heineken League Title .He finished his first class career with Pontypridd . A regular tourist with the invitation side Crawshays. Stuart was an accomplished basketball player and a keen windsurfer and loves sailing .Was once a Welsh Youth Windsurfing squad member .He is now retired from first grade rugby and is a medical practitioner.
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Robbie McBryde
Full Name : Robin Currie McBryde
Born. 03.07.1970 ( Bangor )
Height : 6'
Weight : 15st 7lb
Club: Llanelli Scarlets
Position : Hooker
A product of the Bangor RFC Junior Section. Robin has also played for Menai Bridge and Mold before moving South to Swansea . He was educated at Llanfechell primary School and Ysgol Tryfan Bangor. Robin has been a Llanelli stalwart now for several years having captained them for 2 seasons . He led the Scarlets to Welsh Cup Final glory in 1998 and the Welsh Championship title the following season.
He won his first Welsh cap whilst a Swansea player against Fiji in Suva ( 18.06.1994 ) His next cap was as a blood replacement for Garin Jenkins against South Africa (26.11.1994 ) . Further honours followed in 1997 against USA and It was another 3 years before he was seen again in a full Welsh jersey when he came on as a sub against Ireland in Dublin ( 2000 ) .From 2001 onwards Robin has been an automatic choice for his country when fully fit and needs just 2 more caps to equal the late, great, Dewi Bebb's total of 34 caps as the most capped North Walian to play for his country .
Robin was selected for the British Lions tour of Australia in 2001 when Graham Henry, the then Welsh coach, was in charge of the tourists. The Lions narrowly lost the Test series to the Wallabies. Mcbryde's tour was sadly cut short due to a leg injury and he returned home early after only appearing in a couple of games.
His first nine caps were all against different countries and his only International try so far has been against Canada in 2002. A living proof that North Wales does have the talent to make it all the way to the top.
He once won the strongest man in Wales competition and is still a key member of the Scarlets and Wales .
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Phil Veivers
Played centre for the successful Bangor team during the brief professional period 1995/96. Born 1964 in Australia and represented Queensland at rugby union. He played rugby league for St. Helens. Joined Huddersfield in 1997 and was capped for Scotland against France. He joined Swinton Lions and was capped for the Lions in 2001 and later became their coach. He is currently coaching at Bradford Bulls.
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GWYN DEINIOL ROBERTS
1960 - 2005
Click to see Gwyn (on Right) with his brothers.
The following tribute his by his brother Dewi
Deiniol Gwyn Roberts
Familiarly known as Gwyn Deiniol.
Passed away on 3rd May 2005 aged 45.
If it had been possible to have cut Gwyn in half I’m almost certain that the words Bangor Rugby Club would have been written through his body like the rings of a tree.
The analogy of a tree is most apt, for Gwyn was a big man both in body and personality – once seen never forgotten and was always remembered. How you remembered him was something for you to decide but certainly he left an impression. His many friends in Bangor will almost certainly remember him as a very good friend who gave of his friendship unstintingly and with good humour. However, he was a complex character who evoked a response or emotion in one form or another in everyone.
Gwyn’s involvement with Bangor Rugby Club went back to the time he left school and became an apprentice joiner at the hydro electric scheme in Llanberis. At the rugby club he became known as Apprentice to the likes of other front row players such as Raphie Hogan and Les Roberts. I’ll never forget the look of incredulity on my mother’s face when Les tried to convince her that Gwyn would become a better player now that he had been sent off for the first time. He was certainly enrolled in the school of hard knocks at a very early age and absorbed the techniques of the front row. These held him and the team in good stead in many an uncompromising match against teams in North Wales and on the Wirral. It was better to have Gwyn on your side rather than have him as an opponent.
Gwyn’s involvement with Bangor Rugby Club extended beyond just playing. Along with another handful of Bangor stalwarts he helped to sustain the club through troubled times when the future of the club was in doubt. Having marched in Cardiff to celebrate to centenary of the WRU there was no way that he was going to abandon Bangor, a founder club of the WRU, in their time of need.
Gwyn was responsible for arranging a number of social events at the rugby club and many former players will recall memorable nights at the clubhouse in Caernarfon Road and Cae Milltir.
Not only was Gwyn someone for the here and now but was extremely supportive of the future and rejoiced in the success of the junior sections of the club. Although well beyond youth team rugby age he joined the youth team in running a relay marathon from Bangor to Cardiff. The stories of the two overnight stops are legend.
Those of us who were fortunate to have played rugby with him will almost certainly remember him as a hard uncompromising player who was equally comfortable on either side of the side front row or as a rock solid second row. For a big man he had excellent ball handling skills and a good turn of speed. Who will ever forget his long break out of the Bangor 22 against Ebbw Vale at Eugene Cross in the Schweppes Cup. The game was long lost but he wanted Bangor to make an impression and be remembered. As rugby tales go they tend to get inflated with beer and time but in this instance Gwyn broke out of the Bangor 22 in last minute of the match but was unfortunately bundled into touch 5 metres short of the Ebbw Vale line. Not bad for a big man. A report in the South Wales Argus that evening made mention of his feat.
Gwyn’s sole interest was to see Bangor succeed both off and on the field. There was no other motivation nor was there any desire for personal gain. A complex character but when it came to rugby it was Bangor first, Wales second and rugby after that. A true Bangor lad.
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Deiniol Gwyn Roberts (Gwyn Deiniol to all his friends). He was an ambassador and stalwart of the club all his life - an ex player of the highest quality, a no nonsense powerful prop who NEVER took a backward step.
As soon as he was old enough he was in the first team and was always an automatic choice in throughout his playing career which spanned three decades from the late seventies to the early nineties.
He captained the club, served on on the committee and was a former chairman. Gwyn was a highly respected and knowledgeable rugby man through and through. His support for the club through thick and thin was second to none and during lean times he often took over the reins and kept everything together with out complaining at all.
It is such a tragic loss at such the early age of 45. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
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Sir Hugh Corbet Vincent
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Charles Peter Allen 1861-1930.
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Dewi Bebb.
Born 1939.A pupil at Friars School, son of the famous Welsh historian, Ambrose Bebb. When he left school, he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Navy. There he quickly distinguished himself as a very fast wing three-quarter. Soon he played for the Navy in representative matches - Entered Trinity College Carmarthen to train a teacher- He played for the college lst XV and he also turned out for Swansea who quickly realised his potential. It was not long before he was chosen to Play For Wales, and he represented his country on 34 occasions. He toured with the British Lions in 1962 and 1966. He taught for a number of years then became sports editor with Harlech Televison.
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Tony Gray.
Born in Bangor 1942. A former pupil of Friars School. Trained as teacher in Cardiff. Played for Newbridge and eventually Took up a post in London where he soon achieved prominence as a back row forward with London Welsh. Played for Wales on two occasions against England and Scotland in 1968. Captained the London Welsh championship side in 1971-2. In 1973 he was appointed to the staff of the University College, Bangor, lecturing in physical education. In the 1979 - 80 season , he became one of the "big five" selectors for the Welsh Rugby Union.
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LIewellyn Morgan Rees 1913-1972
Native of Rhigos. Educated at Aberdare Grammar School. Played For Welsh Secondary Schools against French Schools in 1930. Entered University College Cardiff and in 1933-34 was Captain of the college lst. XV. Graduated in Latin His prowess as an athlete qualified him for admission to the Carnegie College, Leeds, then a comparatively new institution, training an elite corps of teachers for physical education. His first teaching post was at Fleetwood, then at Devonport high school. Played for Plymouth Albion and Devon County. In 1939 he enlisted in the RAF- and he was also a Welsh international trialist. In 1946 he became lecturer in Physical Education at the Normal College, Bangor. Under his watchful eye the College Rugby Club became a force to be reckoned with in Inter-College football. He was selector of the University of Wales Rugby team and he was the Manager and chief selector of the British Universities team. A highly competent radio broadcaster in Welsh on Rugby.
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GWYN ROBLIN Born 1909
President of Bangor RUFC
Represented Wales at under 15 and under 19 age group. Played for North Wales. Moved to Bangor Normal College in 1949. Became president of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1979 and accompanied the Welsh XV on its tour of the U.S.A. and Canada in 1980.
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Alan W Davies Born 1933
Hails from the Mumbles, near Swansea. Played in the 1st. XV for Swansea Grammar School, Mumbles RFC and various sides during his RAF service. Came to live in Bangor in 1960, being employed by the Royal Insurance, and since then has been energetically involved with rugby football in the area. Played for Beaumaris and later Bangor, at full back. Captained the Bangor club in 1963, when the side returned to the Werne Fields. Has been successively secretary, vice-chairman and chairman of the club. He is now a well known referee with the North Wales Referee Society, and from 1970 onwards has been a Welsh Rugby Union referee. He is chairman of the North Wales Referee Society.
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Stuart Roy
Born :25.12.1968 Ely Cambridgeshire
Height 6'6"
Weight : 17st 8lb
Position : Lock
Clubs : Cardiff & Pontypridd
Although born in Cambridgeshire Stuart was raised In North Wales on Anglesey and was educated at Ysgol David Hughes, Menai Bridge alongside fellow North Walian International Robin McBryde . He is a product of the Bangor RFC Youth section having started playing at the age of 10. Represented Welsh Schools 3 times and went on the Under 19's tour to New Zealand in 1997 .He has 8 Welsh Students caps , several A & B caps (an ever present in the 1992/93 Welsh A side ) . Won his only full cap as a 72 minute replacement for Derwyn Jones against Japan ( 27.09.1995 ) in Blomfontein during the 1995 World Cup in South Africa .He sat on the bench several times for Wales without adding to his solitary cap and was a sub in all matches during the 1992 Five Nations Championship .One of those shirts was kindly donated by Stuart and is proudly on display at Bangor Rugby Club. Early in his career he played one game for Neath before moving on to Cardiff where he helped the Capital side win the 1994/95 Heineken League Title .He finished his first class career with Pontypridd . A regular tourist with the invitation side Crawshays. Stuart was an accomplished basketball player and a keen windsurfer and loves sailing .Was once a Welsh Youth Windsurfing squad member .He is now retired from first grade rugby and is a medical practitioner.
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Robbie McBryde
Full Name : Robin Currie McBryde
Born. 03.07.1970 ( Bangor )
Height : 6'
Weight : 15st 7lb
Club: Llanelli Scarlets
Position : Hooker
A product of the Bangor RFC Junior Section. Robin has also played for Menai Bridge and Mold before moving South to Swansea . He was educated at Llanfechell primary School and Ysgol Tryfan Bangor. Robin has been a Llanelli stalwart now for several years having captained them for 2 seasons . He led the Scarlets to Welsh Cup Final glory in 1998 and the Welsh Championship title the following season.
He won his first Welsh cap whilst a Swansea player against Fiji in Suva ( 18.06.1994 ) His next cap was as a blood replacement for Garin Jenkins against South Africa (26.11.1994 ) . Further honours followed in 1997 against USA and It was another 3 years before he was seen again in a full Welsh jersey when he came on as a sub against Ireland in Dublin ( 2000 ) .From 2001 onwards Robin has been an automatic choice for his country when fully fit and needs just 2 more caps to equal the late, great, Dewi Bebb's total of 34 caps as the most capped North Walian to play for his country .
Robin was selected for the British Lions tour of Australia in 2001 when Graham Henry, the then Welsh coach, was in charge of the tourists. The Lions narrowly lost the Test series to the Wallabies. Mcbryde's tour was sadly cut short due to a leg injury and he returned home early after only appearing in a couple of games.
His first nine caps were all against different countries and his only International try so far has been against Canada in 2002. A living proof that North Wales does have the talent to make it all the way to the top.
He once won the strongest man in Wales competition and is still a key member of the Scarlets and Wales .
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Phil Veivers
Played centre for the successful Bangor team during the brief professional period 1995/96. Born 1964 in Australia and represented Queensland at rugby union. He played rugby league for St. Helens. Joined Huddersfield in 1997 and was capped for Scotland against France. He joined Swinton Lions and was capped for the Lions in 2001 and later became their coach. He is currently coaching at Bradford Bulls.
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Roland de Marigny
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GWYN DEINIOL ROBERTS
1960 - 2005
Click to see Gwyn (on Right) with his brothers.
The following tribute his by his brother Dewi
Deiniol Gwyn Roberts
Familiarly known as Gwyn Deiniol.
Passed away on 3rd May 2005 aged 45.
If it had been possible to have cut Gwyn in half I’m almost certain that the words Bangor Rugby Club would have been written through his body like the rings of a tree.
The analogy of a tree is most apt, for Gwyn was a big man both in body and personality – once seen never forgotten and was always remembered. How you remembered him was something for you to decide but certainly he left an impression. His many friends in Bangor will almost certainly remember him as a very good friend who gave of his friendship unstintingly and with good humour. However, he was a complex character who evoked a response or emotion in one form or another in everyone.
Gwyn’s involvement with Bangor Rugby Club went back to the time he left school and became an apprentice joiner at the hydro electric scheme in Llanberis. At the rugby club he became known as Apprentice to the likes of other front row players such as Raphie Hogan and Les Roberts. I’ll never forget the look of incredulity on my mother’s face when Les tried to convince her that Gwyn would become a better player now that he had been sent off for the first time. He was certainly enrolled in the school of hard knocks at a very early age and absorbed the techniques of the front row. These held him and the team in good stead in many an uncompromising match against teams in North Wales and on the Wirral. It was better to have Gwyn on your side rather than have him as an opponent.
Gwyn’s involvement with Bangor Rugby Club extended beyond just playing. Along with another handful of Bangor stalwarts he helped to sustain the club through troubled times when the future of the club was in doubt. Having marched in Cardiff to celebrate to centenary of the WRU there was no way that he was going to abandon Bangor, a founder club of the WRU, in their time of need.
Gwyn was responsible for arranging a number of social events at the rugby club and many former players will recall memorable nights at the clubhouse in Caernarfon Road and Cae Milltir.
Not only was Gwyn someone for the here and now but was extremely supportive of the future and rejoiced in the success of the junior sections of the club. Although well beyond youth team rugby age he joined the youth team in running a relay marathon from Bangor to Cardiff. The stories of the two overnight stops are legend.
Those of us who were fortunate to have played rugby with him will almost certainly remember him as a hard uncompromising player who was equally comfortable on either side of the side front row or as a rock solid second row. For a big man he had excellent ball handling skills and a good turn of speed. Who will ever forget his long break out of the Bangor 22 against Ebbw Vale at Eugene Cross in the Schweppes Cup. The game was long lost but he wanted Bangor to make an impression and be remembered. As rugby tales go they tend to get inflated with beer and time but in this instance Gwyn broke out of the Bangor 22 in last minute of the match but was unfortunately bundled into touch 5 metres short of the Ebbw Vale line. Not bad for a big man. A report in the South Wales Argus that evening made mention of his feat.
Gwyn’s sole interest was to see Bangor succeed both off and on the field. There was no other motivation nor was there any desire for personal gain. A complex character but when it came to rugby it was Bangor first, Wales second and rugby after that. A true Bangor lad.
It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Deiniol Gwyn Roberts (Gwyn Deiniol to all his friends). He was an ambassador and stalwart of the club all his life - an ex player of the highest quality, a no nonsense powerful prop who NEVER took a backward step.
As soon as he was old enough he was in the first team and was always an automatic choice in throughout his playing career which spanned three decades from the late seventies to the early nineties.
He captained the club, served on on the committee and was a former chairman. Gwyn was a highly respected and knowledgeable rugby man through and through. His support for the club through thick and thin was second to none and during lean times he often took over the reins and kept everything together with out complaining at all.
It is such a tragic loss at such the early age of 45. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
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