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Item
CP036
Object ID
CP036
Type
Rights Holder
Loan
Provenance
Geoff Wheel
Season
Description
Cap, Wales, 1974, red with P.O.W. motif on front. Silver tassels.
Info
This is the Wales cap awarded to Swansea second-row Geoff Wheel on his international debut in Dublin on 2nd February 1974 against Ireland. The match was drawn 9-9. Geoff Wheel won a total of 32 Welsh caps between 1974 and 1982, Wales winning twenty-two of those matches and drawing one. A physical, uncompromising forward, Geoff Wheel formed a formidable second-row partnership with Aberavon's Allan Martin and was a Triple Crown winner four times and Grand Slam winner twice during his international career with Wales.
Keywords
cap, wales, geoff wheel, 1973-74, 1973-1974, triple crown, grand slam
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