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1913-14
The 1919-20 Season
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1920-21

Fred Birt who had been elected captain for 1914-15 returned to lead the side in 1919-20. It was an outstanding season and Newport only suffered 2 defeats - at Swansea and Neath. They were the only side to defeat Blackheath.

In "100 Years of Newport Rugby" Jack Davis records that "Though Newport did not play as a club during the war, it should be mentioned that a great number of players assisted the Pill invincible team, under the captaincy of George Boots, during 1918-19. This team played 32 matches, won 30 and drew 2, with a score of 737 points to 45." Many of the players who had assisted the invincible Pill Harriers team returned. Jack Wetter and Walter Martin were the half-backs, Ernie Hammett and Jerry Shea at centre, and Reg Plummer, Fred Birt, Bert Morgan and Arthur Holland also in the three-quarters. Harry Uzzell, Len Attewell, Reg Edwards, Archie Bell, Neil McPherson, Jack Whitfield, Tom Jones and Percy Jones were among the forwards.

Newport were very strong and registered many big scores against Cardiff, Cambridge University, Leicester, Army and Abertillery. 36 players were used with R. Plummer (37), A. Bell (34), J. Wetter (33) and W. Radford (33) making most appearances. Reg Plummer scored 30 tries with J. Shea scoring 25.



  • Results
  • Squad
1
Newport
46
- 0Blaenavon
20 Sep
2
Newport
39
- 0Penarth
27 Sep
3
Cardiff
3
- 29Newport
04 Oct
4
Pontypool
3
- 3Newport
06 Oct
5
Cross Keys
0
- 8Newport
11 Oct
6
Blackheath
5
- 13Newport
18 Oct
7
Leicester Tigers
0
- 11Newport
25 Oct
8
Newport
5
- 0Swansea
01 Nov
9
Harlequins
0
- 13Newport
08 Nov
10
Newport
16
- 0Neath
15 Nov
11
Newport
18
- 0Cardiff
22 Nov
12
Oxford University
3
- 12Newport
25 Nov
13
Newport
3
- 0Pill Harriers
29 Nov
14
Newport
15
- 0Blaina
06 Dec
15
Newport
40
- 8Cambridge University
13 Dec
16
Swansea
0
- 5Newport
20 Dec
17
Newport
12
- 0Watsonians
26 Dec
18
Newport
19
- 0Barbarians
27 Dec
19
Plymouth Albion
0
- 3Newport
03 Jan
20
Exeter Chiefs
4
- 33Newport
05 Jan
21
Penarth
0
- 9Newport
10 Jan
22
Newport
17
- 0Newbridge
17 Jan
23
Newport
19
- 0Swansea
24 Jan
24
Gloucester
3
- 18Newport
31 Jan
25
Newport
6
- 3Bristol Rugby
04 Feb
26
Newport
37
- 5Leicester Tigers
14 Feb
27
Bristol Rugby
0
- 8Newport
21 Feb
28
Swansea
7
- 0Newport
23 Feb
29
Cardiff
3
- 3Newport
06 Mar
30
Newport
18
- 0Blackheath
20 Mar
31
Newport
26
- 14Cardiff
27 Mar
32
Cross Keys
0
- 0Newport
29 Mar
33
Newport
23
- 3Gloucester
03 Apr
34
Newport
40
- 0The Army
05 Apr
35
Newport
35
- 9Abertillery
06 Apr
36
Neath
4
- 3Newport
10 Apr
37
Newport
20
- 6Pill Harriers
12 Apr
38
Newport
16
- 0Plymouth Albion
17 Apr
39
Abertillery
0
- 4Newport
24 Apr

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