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1893-94
The 1894-95 Season
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1895-96

1894-95, again under captain Arthur Gould saw only 1 defeat and that by a goal kick at Llanelly. Newport visited the 'Tinplaters' who at the time were a great side with outstanding centre Owen Badger on 13th October 1893. Both sides scored two tries but one of Newport's went unconverted and Newport lost 6 v 8.

Newport then remained unbeaten until the end of the season. Tom Cooper had joined Bradford but W. G. James, Crickhowell filled the gap. Newport also had W. Llewellyn Thomas, Oxford University. Bert Gould was in the West Indies and Charlie Thomas and Arthur Boucher played in the centre as did W. G. James. Gus Gould, younger brother of Arthur showed great promise. This was Percy Phillips's last season and Tom Graham, released from captaincy duties played some of his best rugby for Newport and Wales. Joe Jenkins and W. Parsons were prominent at forward and Newport owed much to the forwards this season. Jim Hannan retired from top rugby and so Newport lost the best captain Graham and also the best ever all-round forward Hannan.

W. Groves (24), T. Newcombe (22), Bert Dauncey (22), Arthur Gould (21), Tom Pook (20) and Harry Packer (21) led the appearances while Arthur Gould headed the scorers with 15t and 1dg followed by Arthur Boucher with 12t, 1p and 1gfm.

An interesting article appeared in The Graphic of 29th December 1894 in the 'Sports and Pastimes' column by "Vanderdecken" entitled 'Why is Newport Welsh?'(see image above).



  • Results
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1
Newport
14
- 0Stockport
29 Sep
2
Newport
6
- 5Huddersfield
06 Oct
3
Llanelli
8
- 6Newport
13 Oct
4
Cardiff
0
- 0Newport
20 Oct
5
Newport
13
- 0Swansea
27 Oct
6
Newport
8
- 0Gloucester
03 Nov
7
Newport
12
- 0Coventry
10 Nov
8
Newport
45
- 0Lansdowne
17 Nov
9
Newport
7
- 0Cardiff
24 Nov
10
Penarth
0
- 3Newport
08 Dec
11
Newport
5
- 0Blackheath
22 Dec
12
Newport
21
- 3Gala
26 Dec
13
Newport
19
- 3Barbarians
27 Dec
14
Coventry
0
- 8Newport
29 Dec
15
Newport
3
- 3Llanelli
19 Jan
16
Swansea
0
- 3Newport
23 Feb
17
Newport
20
- 3Penarth
02 Mar
18
Gloucester
3
- 12Newport
09 Mar
19
Blackheath
0
- 6Newport
23 Mar
20
Newport
5
- 3Cardiff
30 Mar
21
Cardiff
3
- 6Newport
10 Apr
22
Newport
3
- 0Salford
13 Apr
23
Newport
0
- 0Rockcliff
15 Apr

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