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1904-05
The 1905-06 Season
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1906-07

1905-06 saw E. Wyatt Gould (brother of the famous Arthur) elected as captain. Another disappointing season followed. They ran New Zealand close (3 v 6) but managed to lose to Penarth (3 v 11). They scored 8 tries vs Blackheath but lost 2 tries to 0 against Pontypool. 4 of the 12 defeats were suffered against the old enemy Cardiff while Swansea inflicted 2 defeats.

Newport were splendidly served at fullback by D. J. Boots and at forward by Charlie Pritchard, J. Hodges, Beddoe Thomas and George Boots with new forwards William Dowell and Ernie Jenkins showing great ability. Tommy Vile, D. Prothero, Walter Martin and W. Harvey appeared at half with ex-Pill player Harvey being one of the best although somewhat inconsistent.

18 three-quarters were used with Reg Plummer making his first appearance. Wyatt Gould only played 5 matches and Charlie Pritchard took on the captaincy. George Boots (28), William Dowell (28) and Charlie Pritchard (27) made most appearances with W. R. Thomas scoring 15t, Walter Martin 8t and D. Prothero 7t /1dg.

The summer saw evidence of the growing status of Newport Athletic Club when in June it staged the World Group Quarterfinals of the tennis Davis Cup between Australasia and USA, USA winning 3 v 2. Taking part was Anthony "Tony" Frederick Wilding who became the co-World No. 1 in 1911 and 1912 and the World No. 1 player in 1913. Pete Sampras was the first person to break his record across multiple Wimbledon wins in doubles, singles and mixed doubles.

Between 1907 and 1909 he helped the Australasian team win the Davis Cup, and he won his second Australian Open in 1909,he then won the Wimbledon singles title for four straight years between 1910 and 1913. In addition, he won four doubles titles at Wimbledon. In 1914, he returned to Davis Cup play, leading the Australasian team to another championship and won a unique triple in 1913. Wilding was the winner of Wimbledon (the official World Grass Court Championship), the World Hard Court Championship (the official World Clay Court Championship) & the World Covered Court Championship (the official Indoor Court World Championship). Sadly he was killed in action in France during World War I in France.



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1
Newport
15
- 0Lydney
30 Sep
2
Newport
37
- 0Old Merchant Taylors
07 Oct
3
Newport
3
- 17Cardiff
14 Oct
4
Blackheath
3
- 3Newport
21 Oct
5
Newport
14
- 5Llanelli
28 Oct
6
Swansea
3
- 0Newport
04 Nov
7
Newport
3
- 11Penarth
11 Nov
8
Cardiff
14
- 6Newport
18 Nov
9
Newport
12
- 3Bristol Rugby
25 Nov
10
Exeter Chiefs
8
- 8Newport
02 Dec
11
Newport
6
- 0Swansea
09 Dec
12
Newport
3
- 6New Zealand
23 Dec
13
Newport
11
- 3Barbarians
26 Dec
14
Newport
0
- 3Watsonians
27 Dec
15
Devonport Albion
8
- 8Newport
30 Dec
16
Llanelli
11
- 3Newport
06 Jan
17
Newport
9
- 3Neath
12 Jan
18
Newport
9
- 5Gloucester
20 Jan
19
Swansea
4
- 3Newport
27 Jan
20
Bristol Rugby
0
- 6Newport
10 Feb
21
Newport
3
- 10Cardiff
17 Feb
22
Leicester Tigers
0
- 8Newport
24 Feb
23
Newport
3
- 3Swansea
03 Mar
24
Cardiff
20
- 5Newport
17 Mar
25
Newport
24
- 0Blackheath
24 Mar
26
Newport
14
- 5London Welsh
31 Mar
27
Gloucester
5
- 0Newport
07 Apr
28
Newport
25
- 0Leicester Tigers
14 Apr
29
Newport
0
- 6Pontypool
16 Apr
30
Newport
26
- 0Aberavon
17 Apr
31
Newport
9
- 5Devonport Albion
21 Apr

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