About Arnold Rickards
Lived 1901 – 1966 (aged 64). Arnold Rickards was a rugby union player.
Arnold Robert Rickards (17 August 1901 — 18 June 1966) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born in Falfield, Gloucestershire, Rickards was a forward who played for Cardiff, Pontnewydd and Pontypool.
Rickards gained a Wales cap in 1924, deputising for Jack Whitfield for their Five Nations match against France at Colombes, scoring a try to help secure a 10–6 win. The match was played in difficult, muddy conditions, with two of the French players suffering frostbite. He also played against the 1924–25 All Blacks while representing Gloucestershire.
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Arnold Rickards was born on 17 August 1901.
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Arnold Rickards died on 18 June 1966.
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