Frank Wrentmore
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Frank Wrentmore (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1884 in Pontypridd) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and club level rugby league (RL) for Mid-Rhondda, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Notable tour matches
Frank Wrentmore scored a try in Mid-Rhondda's 6–20 defeat by Australia at King George's Park, Tonypandy (Athletic Ground), Tonypandy.[1]
Christmas truce
Frank Wrentmore participated in the Christmas truce, a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during the World War I.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter Lush, David Farrar (1998). "Tries in the Valley: A History of Rugby League in Wales". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 0952606437
- ↑ "Christmas Truce 1914 → Wales". christmastruce.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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