Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Arthur Lloyd | ||
Date of birth | March 1868 | ||
Place of birth | Ystalyfera, Wales | ||
Date of death | 10 January 1942[1] | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Tickenham, England | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Rhyl | |||
Ruthin | |||
International career | |||
1891–1895 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Arthur Lloyd (March 1868 – 10 January 1942) was a Welsh footballer who played as a full back. He played twice for his country, in 1891 and 1895. He later became a priest in the Church of England.
The son of a schoolteacher, [2] Lloyd was born in March 1868 in Ystalyfera, Glamorgan. When he was five, the family moved to Ruthin, Denbighshire. Lloyd attended Ruthin Grammar School, where he later taught. [3]
He was an athletic schoolboy, excelling in the high jump, and his speed earned him a place on the left wing in the school football team; only later did he settle in the full-back position. He played for amateur touring teams and for Rhyl, and it was while a Rhyl player that he was selected as reserve for Wales' match against Ireland in Belfast in February 1891. [3] [4] When Seth Powell withdrew, Lloyd took his place at left back in a match that ended as a 7–2 win for the hosts. [5] [6] He played once more for Wales, in March 1895 – by which time he was a Ruthin player – in a 2–2 draw with Scotland. [7] [8]
Lloyd married Helen Speakman in 1900. [a] He studied for the priesthood at Trinity College Dublin, and in 1909 was ordained as a deacon and licensed to the curacy of St Matthew, Bootle. [7] [11] His last clerical post was as rector of Hughley, Shropshire, after which he lived in retirement first in Gloucester and then in Tickenham, Somerset, where he died in January 1942. [12]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Robert Arthur Lloyd | ||
Date of birth | March 1868 | ||
Place of birth | Ystalyfera, Wales | ||
Date of death | 10 January 1942[1] | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Tickenham, England | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Rhyl | |||
Ruthin | |||
International career | |||
1891–1895 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Arthur Lloyd (March 1868 – 10 January 1942) was a Welsh footballer who played as a full back. He played twice for his country, in 1891 and 1895. He later became a priest in the Church of England.
The son of a schoolteacher, [2] Lloyd was born in March 1868 in Ystalyfera, Glamorgan. When he was five, the family moved to Ruthin, Denbighshire. Lloyd attended Ruthin Grammar School, where he later taught. [3]
He was an athletic schoolboy, excelling in the high jump, and his speed earned him a place on the left wing in the school football team; only later did he settle in the full-back position. He played for amateur touring teams and for Rhyl, and it was while a Rhyl player that he was selected as reserve for Wales' match against Ireland in Belfast in February 1891. [3] [4] When Seth Powell withdrew, Lloyd took his place at left back in a match that ended as a 7–2 win for the hosts. [5] [6] He played once more for Wales, in March 1895 – by which time he was a Ruthin player – in a 2–2 draw with Scotland. [7] [8]
Lloyd married Helen Speakman in 1900. [a] He studied for the priesthood at Trinity College Dublin, and in 1909 was ordained as a deacon and licensed to the curacy of St Matthew, Bootle. [7] [11] His last clerical post was as rector of Hughley, Shropshire, after which he lived in retirement first in Gloucester and then in Tickenham, Somerset, where he died in January 1942. [12]