MD004

Item

Title
MD004
Description
Medal, Swansea Football Club. Welsh Champions 1912-13 season. Gold, enamel shield inset with rugby player running with ball. 'Welsh Campionship 1912-13' specified. Players' name and position inscribed on back.
Type
Medal
Rights Holder
CIC
Date
1912-1913
Abstract
This medal was presented to Swansea forward Tom Morgan. Swansea won the welsh Championship this season with a record of: played: 37, won: 29, drawn: 6, lost: 2. They also beat South Africa at St Helen's on Boxing Day 1912 and Morgan was a member of the Swansea team that day. The inscription on the reverse of the Championship medal reads: "S.R.F.C. Winners Welsh Campionship 1912-13. Tom Morgan Forward." Tom Morgan played in the Swansea pack from 1909 to 1914.
Item sets
St Helen's Archive
Media
MD004.JPG
MD004a.JPG

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