Caps
The collection of caps in the St Helen’s Archive is brought together here and is representative of schools, club and honours gained by cricket and rugby players both famous and lesser known, all connected to Swansea and St Helen’s. This collection holds caps from Swansea Schools to British Isles, British & Irish Lions and many teams in between. Each cap and player has a unique story to tell.
The origin of the rugby cap
Click on the link below to find out more about the origins of caps in sports teams:
Cap, Swansea RFC, Tom Clark - 1880
Cap, Anglo-Australia Rugby Football Team, Sid Bevan - 1904
Cap, Swansea, George Hayward - 1906-07
Cap, Wales, George Hayward - 1908
Cap, Wales, Trial, George Hayward - 1908
Cap, Wales, Tom Jackson - 1895
Cap, Wales, W H Howell - 1888
Cap, Wales, Dr. Teddy Morgan - 1901
Cap, Wales Trial, Fred Scrine - 1900
Cap, Wales, Joe Jones - 1924
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, Charles (Harris) Dowrick - 1922
Cap, Wales, Dan Rees - 1900
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, Richie Bevan - 1936
Cap, Swansea Schools Cricket Association, Leighton R D Bevan - Circa 1960s
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, R Lewis - 1930
Cap, Swansea RFC, Trevor Davies - 1912-13
Cap, Swansea RFC - 1923-24
Cap, Swansea RFC - 1919-20
Cap, Swansea RFC, Will Joseph - 1899
Cap, Swansea RFC, Ivor Morgan - 1909-10
Cap, Swansea RFC, Ivor Morgan - 1908-09
Cap, Cambridge Univ. RFC, Rowe Harding - 1924-27
Cap, Wales, Trial, Fred Scrine - 1898
Cap, Glamorgan County RFC - Circa 1895-1900
Cap, Glamorgan County RFC, Fred Scrine - 1901-02
Cap, Swansea RFC - 1929-30
Cap, Wales, Will Joseph - 1902
Cap, Crawshays, Dai Richards - 1975-76
Cap, British & Irish Lions, Dai Richards - 1980
Cap, Welsh Secondary Schools, Dai Richards - 1972
Cap, Wales, Dai Richards - 1980
Cap, Swansea RFC, "100 Cap", Dai Richards - 2018
Cap, Swansea RFC, Davey Thomas - 1897-98
Cap, Wales, Geoff Wheel - 1974
Cap, Swansea RFC, "100 Cap", Geoff Wheel - 2018
Cap, Wales, Dai Samuel - 1891
Cap, Glamorgan County RFC, Dai Samuel - 1892-93
Cap, Swansea RFC, Dai Samuel - 1889-90
Cap, Swansea RFC, Tom Henry - 1904-05 "Invincibles"
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, Steven Cox - 1935-36
Cap, Swansea RFC, Dai Harries (Harris) - 1897-98
Cap, Wales Women, Helen Carey, 1986-1987
