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Previous:
1900-01
The 1901-02 Season
Next:
1902-03

1901-02 saw Ll. Lloyd in his third season as captain. Former Cardiff captain E. Gwyn Nicholls, arguably the best centre of his day joined - he had a business in Newport - and played 11 games and was never on the losing side, thriving from playing behind Ll. Lloyd. He scored 8 tries and 2 drop goals and wing Charlie Lewis also benefited scoring 12 tries in the 11 matches. Many future famous names appeared including D. Ponty Jones, Willie Llewellyn, 'Stitch' Thomas, Reuben Carpenter, Sid Adams and 'Sarspa' Thomas but one of the discoveries was Charlie Pritchard who made his debut vs Swansea on 25th January 1902. J. Hillman also gave excellent service as inside half while Charlie 'India-Rubber man' Lewis showed great form. 35 players were used during the season and Ll. Lloyd and S. Adams played in all 28 matches Charlie Lewis missed only 1 match and George Boots, Beddoe Thomas, A. G. Brown and J. Hillman just two. Charlie Lewis scored 16t and 1dg while Cliff Pritchard scored 12 and 1dg.



  • Results
  • Squad
1
Newport
19
- 0London Welsh
28 Sep
2
Newport
17
- 3Old Merchant Taylors
06 Oct
3
Gloucester
0
- 0Newport
12 Oct
4
Newport
3
- 7Cardiff
19 Oct
5
Blackheath
4
- 22Newport
26 Oct
6
Newport
17
- 3Devonport Albion
02 Nov
7
Swansea
4
- 4Newport
09 Nov
8
Newport
14
- 0Bristol Rugby
16 Nov
9
Cardiff
7
- 5Newport
23 Nov
10
Cambridge University
3
- 12Newport
27 Nov
11
Newport
11
- 0Pontypridd
30 Nov
12
Newport
0
- 0Swansea
14 Dec
13
Newport
9
- 5Watsonians
26 Dec
14
Newport
12
- 0Moseley
27 Dec
15
Newport
4
- 0Barbarians
28 Dec
16
Devonport Albion
0
- 0Newport
04 Jan
17
Penarth
0
- 12Newport
18 Jan
18
Swansea
3
- 6Newport
25 Jan
19
Newport
18
- 0Gloucester
08 Feb
20
Newport
4
- 6Cardiff
22 Feb
21
Newport
3
- 3Swansea
01 Mar
22
Newport
52
- 0Penarth
15 Mar
23
Cardiff
0
- 10Newport
22 Mar
24
Newport
25
- 0Blackheath
29 Mar
25
Newport
22
- 3Mountain Ash
31 Mar
26
Newport
27
- 0Rockcliff
01 Apr
27
Newport
11
- 9Leicester Tigers
05 Apr
28
Bristol Rugby
7
- 16Newport
09 Apr

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