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, Anglo-Australia Rugby Football Team, Sid Bevan - 1904
Cap, British & Irish Lions, Dai Richards - 1980
Cap, Cambridge Univ. RFC, Rowe Harding - 1924-27
Cap, Crawshays, Dai Richards - 1975-76
Cap, Glamorgan County RFC, Dai Samuel - 1892-93
Cap, Glamorgan County RFC, Fred Scrine - 1901-02
Cap, Glamorgan County RFC - Circa 1895-1900
Cap, Swansea RFC, Tom Clark - 1880
Cap, Swansea RFC, Dai Samuel - 1889-90
Cap, Swansea RFC, Dai Harries (Harris) - 1897-98
Cap, Swansea RFC, Davey Thomas - 1897-98
Cap, Swansea RFC, Will Joseph - 1899
Cap, Swansea RFC, Tom Henry - 1904-05 "Invincibles"
Cap, Swansea, George Hayward - 1906-07
Cap, Swansea RFC, Ivor Morgan - 1908-09
Cap, Swansea RFC, Ivor Morgan - 1909-10
Cap, Swansea RFC, Trevor Davies - 1912-13
Cap, Swansea RFC - 1919-20
Cap, Swansea, Ivor Morris - 1923-24
Cap, Swansea, J E Watkins - 1923-24
Cap, Swansea RFC - 1923-24
Cap, Swansea RFC - 1929-30
Cap, Swansea RFC, "100 Cap", Dai Richards - 2018
Cap, Swansea RFC, "100 Cap", Geoff Wheel - 2018
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, Charles (Harris) Dowrick - 1922
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, R Lewis - 1930
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, Steven Cox - 1935-36
Cap, Swansea Schools Rugby League, Richie Bevan - 1936
Cap, Swansea Schools Cricket Association, Leighton R D Bevan - Circa 1960s
Cap, Wales, W H Howell - 1888
Cap, Wales, Dai Samuel - 1891
Cap, Wales, Tom Jackson - 1895
Cap, Wales, Dan Rees - 1900
Cap, Wales, Dr. Teddy Morgan - 1901
Cap, Wales, Will Joseph - 1902
Cap, Wales, George Hayward - 1908
Cap, Wales, Joe Jones - 1924
Cap, Wales, Ivor Morris - 1924
Cap, Wales, Geoff Wheel - 1974
Cap, Wales, Dai Richards - 1980
Cap, Wales Women, Helen Carey, 1986-1987
Cap, Wales, Trial, Fred Scrine - 1898
Cap, Wales Trial, Fred Scrine - 1900
Cap, Wales, Trial, George Hayward - 1908
Cap, Welsh Secondary Schools, Dai Richards - 1972
