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Tudor Williams
| Category | Sports |
|---|---|
| Dates | Born 23 December 1898 at Cwarter Bach; capped for Wales against France at Cardiff Arms Park, 1921; electrocuted at Blaencaegurwen Colliery, 1922 (24 July or 27 August). |
Tudor Williams, the Swansea scrum-half who won one Wales cap against France in 1921, worked as an assistant electrician at Blaencaegurwen Colliery, where he was electrocuted underground in 1922 at the age of 23.
The mining history in this record
Tudor Williams was born on 23 December 1898 at Cwarter Bach, at the head of the Amman Valley, and learned his rugby with Cwmllynfell RFC before going on to Swansea. A scrum-half, he won his only Wales cap in the 1921 Five Nations, partnering his Swansea clubmate Billy Bowen at half-back in a win over France at Cardiff Arms Park.
He worked as an assistant electrician at Blaencaegurwen Colliery, a drift mine of three slants near Brynamman, and in 1922, while working underground there, he came into contact with a live wire and was electrocuted. He was 23. His death is dated 24 July 1922 in one account and 27 August 1922 in another.
People
Tudor Williams (1898-1922), scrum-half for Cwmllynfell, Swansea and Wales, and assistant electrician at Blaencaegurwen Colliery. Billy Bowen, his Swansea half-back partner in the 1921 Wales side.
Legacy today
Williams's single cap puts him among the one-cap internationals of Welsh rugby. Welsh Coal Mines' history of the Gwaun Cae Gurwen collieries records him as the youngest Welsh rugby international to die.
Recorded claims
Individual factual claims, each tagged with how solidly it's grounded and attached to the source(s) that support it. Where sources disagree, both are kept.
- Tudor Williams was born on 23 December 1898 at Cwarter Bach and played his early rugby for Cwmllynfell RFC. (documented fact) 1
- Williams won one Wales cap, at scrum-half against France at Cardiff Arms Park in the 1921 Five Nations, a Welsh win. (documented fact) 2,1
- Williams worked as an assistant electrician at Blaencaegurwen Colliery and was electrocuted underground there after touching a live wire, aged 23. (documented fact) 2,1
- Williams died on 24 July 1922. (documented fact, disputed) 1
- Williams died on 27 August 1922. (documented fact, disputed) 2
- Williams was the youngest Welsh rugby international to die. (unverified claim, uncertain) 2
Mines
- Blaencaegurwen Colliery — Neath Port Talbot
Williams was an assistant electrician at the colliery and was electrocuted underground there in 1922, aged 23.
Real-world mining concepts used here
Sources
- (secondary) Wikipedia: Tudor Williams — Wikipedia
- (secondary) Gwaun Cae Gurwen Colliery — Welsh Coal Mines
Record created: 11 October 2026 · Last researched: 16 October 2026