Edward Treharne

Edward Llewellyn Treharne (22 March 1862 – 29 December 1904) was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Pontypridd and Cardiff, and international rugby for Wales. He was a member of the first Wales international team that played England in 1881. At the time of the game he was still a student at Cowbridge, and later became a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital. On rugby website Scrum.com, his birthplace is given as Ystradyfodwg, the old parish which once contained what is now the Rhondda. His father, David Treharne, was a land agent in Merthyr. Due to the boom in coal prospecting, David Treharne became wealthy, and later moved to the Rhondda where he built a house in Pentre, called Pentre House. Treharne had been told eighteen months prior that he was suffering from an enlargement of the heart, and that he was not to over exert himself. The match against England was a one-sided affair, with Wales losing by a massive seven goals, a drop goal and six tries to nil. One reason put forward to the difference in quality between the sides was that several members of the Welsh team were put into unfamiliar positions. Treharne himself, normally a full-back, was placed into the pack, though his speed did make him the most prominent of the Welsh forwards.

When Treharne was reselected for Wales as part of the 1883 Home Nations Championship he was playing for Pontypridd. Under the captaincy of Charles Lewis, Treharne faced England for a second time. Wales lost the match, but not as heavily as their first meeting, and the selectors only dropped two players for the next game; Cardiff's James Clare and Treharne.

International matches played Wales 1881, 1882