Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Template:ForW. Gwyn Thomas (1892 — 1984) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, playing invitational level rugby union (RU) for Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Cardiff RFC, and London Welsh RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan, and Huddersfield, as a fullback, or centre, i.e. number 1, or, 3 or 4.Thomas won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1914 against Australia, while at Huddersfield in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1922 against Australia. He won a cap for the Other Nationalities rugby league team while at Huddersfield, won 2 caps for Wales in 1914–1921 while at Wigan and Huddersfield. Thomas played rugby union for Barbarian F.C. against South Africa in November 1915. By this time, Gwyn Thomas had played rugby league for Wigan, the animosity between the rugby union, and rugby league code would normally have precluded any rugby league footballer from ever playing rugby union again, however this match took place during World War I, and for the morale of the country, the antagonism between the codes was temporarily relaxed. Thomas was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand."@en }
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- Q5623807 abstract "Template:ForW. Gwyn Thomas (1892 — 1984) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, playing invitational level rugby union (RU) for Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Cardiff RFC, and London Welsh RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan, and Huddersfield, as a fullback, or centre, i.e. number 1, or, 3 or 4.Thomas won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1914 against Australia, while at Huddersfield in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1922 against Australia. He won a cap for the Other Nationalities rugby league team while at Huddersfield, won 2 caps for Wales in 1914–1921 while at Wigan and Huddersfield. Thomas played rugby union for Barbarian F.C. against South Africa in November 1915. By this time, Gwyn Thomas had played rugby league for Wigan, the animosity between the rugby union, and rugby league code would normally have precluded any rugby league footballer from ever playing rugby union again, however this match took place during World War I, and for the morale of the country, the antagonism between the codes was temporarily relaxed. Thomas was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.".