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50-427: Edward , Ted , Teddy , Ed , Eddy or Eddie Morgan may refer to: Sports [ edit ] Teddy Morgan (1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player Ted Morgan (boxer) (1906–1952), Olympic boxer from New Zealand Eddie Morgan (rugby union) (1913–1978), Wales international rugby player Ed Morgan (baseball) (1904–1980), American baseball player for

100-656: A general practitioner in Sketty , Swansea before moving to a new practice in East Anglia. While at Sketty, another international rugby player joined his practice in the early 1920s, D Bertram, who would go on to be capped 11 times for Scotland. Morgan died on 1 September 1949 in North Walsham . In 2008, Morgan was celebrated by the local council when it was decided to raise a blue plaque at his birthplace to commemorate his life. Morgan moved to London from Newport in 1902 to take up

150-619: A path through the crowd for the tourists. As early as October, the Welsh Match Committee had been observing the All Blacks tour. On 19 October, the committee travelled to Gloucester and witness the tourists defeating one of the best club sides in England 44–0. It is thought that the scale and manner of this All Blacks victory encouraged the Welsh observers to develop new tactics that could match

200-619: A post at Guy's Hospital , and played with London Welsh . It was while playing in London that Morgan earned his first international cap, for Wales against England. Morgan's career with Wales saw him score 14 tries from the wing, but his best-remembered was that scored against the Original All Blacks in the Match of the Century at Cardiff Arms Park on 16 December 1905. In the monumental match between

250-532: A second trial match 33–11. On 7 December, Dicky Owen took change of another training session where he devised and practiced the move that would result in the match's only try. The final training session was held on 12 December, dedicated to drop kicking and more pertinently, perfecting their new scrum technique. Away from the pitch, there were also discussions on a possible response to the Haka . The selector Tom Williams suggested that an appropriately Welsh response to

300-479: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Teddy Morgan Edward Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the victorious Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous Match of the Century and is remembered for scoring the game's winning try. He played club rugby for London Welsh and Swansea . Morgan became

350-586: The Home Nations Championship ) and had not lost a home international since 1899. As such, many commentators in New Zealand and the UK saw the match as the best chance of stopping an All Blacks clean sweep, and billed the game as the " Match of the Century " or " The World Championship Match " long before the tour had begun. The All Blacks played Yorkshire , at Headingley Rugby Stadium on 13 December, winning

400-520: The All Blacks when three-quarter Bob Deans was brought down inches from the line. Grounded ball six inches over line, some of Welsh players admit try, Hunter and Glasgow can confirm was pulled back before referee arrived. Bob Deans ' telegraph to the Daily Mail following the result. Billy Wallace gathered the ball from a Welsh kick and ran forward with Bob Deans following him in support. Willie Llewellyn tackled Wallace, but not before he passed

450-480: The All Blacks, many in the London press did not see how Wales could win. This view gained momentum as the All Blacks toured England, beating the best English sides by a growing margin. By the day of the match, many commentators had written off Wales' chances completely. For the All Blacks, the test match was their 28th game in three months. Changes were made to the starting XV, with conflicting post-tour reports suggesting players were rested, injured or ill. Billy Stead

500-467: The All blacks. Both teams had scoring opportunities, but the All Blacks had most of the attacking play. Billy Wallace did cross the try line, but was called back having run into touch and a forward pass from Deans prevented an inevitable try for McGregor. The All Blacks also had a series of scrums on the Welsh goal line, but were kept from scoring by a strong Welsh defence. However, the closest opportunity came for

550-741: The Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox Eddie Morgan (baseball) (1914–1982), American baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers Politics and law [ edit ] Edward Morgan (governor) (died 1665), Welsh politician, Governor of Jamaica J. Ed Morgan (born 1947), American politician, Mississippi state senator Ed Morgan (professor) (born 1955), Canadian professor of international law Others [ edit ] Edward Morgan (priest) (died 1642), Welsh Catholic priest Sir Edward Morgan, 1st Baronet (died 1653), Welsh noble, Catholic supporter of King Charles I during

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600-536: The Deans incident earlier and confirm his score. G. W. Smith would not play, any part in the match despite being one of the tourists' most celebrated athletes, and seen by many as the All Blacks' most attacking three-quarter of the whole tour. It was known that the match would be a major event and additional trains were laid on for the travelling spectators. Large queues formed before the Arms Park gates were opened at 11am and

650-733: The English Civil War Edward Morgan (Archdeacon of Ardfert) (fl. 1660s–1670s), Irish Anglican priest Edward Delmar Morgan (1840–1909), English explorer and linguist Edward M. Morgan (1855–1925), American postmaster of New York Edward P. Morgan (1910–1993), American newspaper, radio and television journalist Ted Morgan (writer) (1932–2023), French-American biographer, journalist, and historian Edward Morgan (choreographer) (fl. 1990s), American dancer and choreographer See also [ edit ] Edwin Morgan (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

700-422: The New Zealand backs in that direction. Owen then switched the play, throwing a long pass back to the openside, with Cliff Pritchard having to take the ball at his feet. The long pass gave Pritchard time to draw the covering tackle of Deans before passing to Gabe who similarly drew Duncan McGregor . Finally Gabe passed to Morgan who sprinted more than twenty metres past the covering full-back Gillett to touch down in

750-424: The New Zealand players and London press) all note the impact of the anthem on the players, crowd and themselves. Match reports, player interviews and memoirs all cited the anthem as a factor in the Welsh victory, for decades to come. In Wales, the crowds who had already been singing the anthem at cultural events such as Eisteddfods , would now sing the anthem at rugby matches and other sporting occasions as well. Soon,

800-602: The Wales game. The Welsh anthem, scrummaging tactics, the Deans incident and the fitness of the All Black players have all been named as factors. Both Gallaher & Dixon would later write that the Welsh match was "one match too far" and the All Blacks, despite what the score lines prior to the match had suggested, were tired. Outside of the two competing nations the large crowd, cultural challenges and press coverage would see both nations stereotyped as being "addicted" to rugby. In Wales,

850-546: The Welsh following shortly after. However, the band, crowd and the Welsh team were all respectfully silent to accept the challenge of the Haka. "Imagine some 40,000 people singing their national anthem with all the fervour of which the Celtic heart is capable. It was the most impressive incident I have ever witnessed on a football field. It gave a semi-religious solemnity to this memorable contest, intensely thrilling, even awe-inspiring. It

900-450: The Welsh to use the British system of eight. However, Wales not only formed their scrum with seven men but they packed with four men in the front row. This meant whichever side New Zealand tried to gain the loose-head advantage, Wales had a man outside. As the front rows engaged, and the attacking side of the scrum became obvious, the surplus Welsh player on the other side would then retreat into

950-420: The back row. Wales were the only team with any real scoring chances early on. Percy Bush made a failed attempt at a drop goal , but the best chance ended when an awkward pass from Jack Williams was dropped by Willie Llewellyn yards from the try line. Accounts of the match are unanimous in reporting how unusually poor New Zealand were in the first half, and that they conceded an abundance of penalties in

1000-418: The ball at ankle level before darting forward. Having run past Bob Dean, Pritchard released to Rhys Gabe who in turn found Morgan. Morgan dummied George Gillett and touched the ball down in the corner. After the match Morgan expressed disagreement with the referee's controversial decision to disallow a try claimed by New Zealand player Bob Deans . A contemporary reporter stated "Morgan sprinted across from

1050-414: The ball inside to Deans who then sprinted thirty yards for the line. All the contemporary reports agreed that both Teddy Morgan and Rhys Gabe brought Deans down at or near the try line (with Morgan later saying that the "honour" of making the tackle was Gabe's) but the heavy mist made it unclear to spectators if the tackle had stopped the try. There are conflicting reports on whether the referee, John Dallas

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1100-524: The captain on the field. Match of the Century (rugby union) The match was part of New Zealand's "Originals" tour and was their only loss in 35 matches. The result provoked much debate, with later writers noting its impact on the sporting culture of both countries. The Welsh crowd's singing of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau as a response to the All Blacks' Haka is often cited as the first national anthem to be sung before an international sports event. By

1150-512: The crowd would respond at all. "Time has stolen the dash from two or three of the best – and the missing eighth man is likely to be badly missed before the Cardiff game comes to its conclusion in the inevitable defeat of Wales." Article published in The Times on the morning of the match, dismissing Wales' chances. 16 December 1905. Although Wales had long been considered the toughest test for

1200-475: The cultural challenge would be with singing, and that they should sing the Welsh anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau . Williams' proposal became a matter of national discourse, with the Western Mail publishing numerous articles encouraging Welsh supporters to join the players once the Haka had been completed. Despite the popularity of the suggestion, there was no official plan for a response, and it remained unclear if

1250-417: The final whistle the crowd rushed the field and carried some of the Welsh players on their shoulders. Gallaher would later bring his team into the Welsh changing room to congratulate the winners and the players exchanged jerseys. Despite the controversies that would emerge from the result, Gallaher maintained that "the best team won". Later discussions and interviews would focus on what was so different about

1300-426: The game convincingly 40–0. The team travelled to Wales by train on 15 December, arriving at Cardiff station in the evening. Despite the late hour, the visitors received a raucous welcome, a large crowd (contemporary estimates put the crowd at 20,000) had gathered to greet the All Blacks both inside the station and along the neighbouring streets, preventing the players from getting to their hotel, and police had to force

1350-423: The item for New Zealand. The shirt has since been on public display at Twickenham Stadium . The centenary of the match was celebrated during the 2005 All Blacks tour of Britain and Ireland . As in 1905, New Zealand were regarded as the best team in the world, and were now officially ranked as such . Wales had also replicated their 1905 position, winning that year's Grand Slam and remaining undefeated throughout

1400-476: The large turnout meant that the gates had to be shut again by 1.30pm as the ground was already full. Many of those locked outside of the ground climbed trees or found other vantage points in order to glimpse the match. Taxi drivers parked outside the ground and charged people for the privilege of standing on their cabs to get a view over the stand. New Zealand had performed the Haka before all tour matches but were often met with indifference or hostility. The Haka

1450-403: The left corner on 23 minutes. Wales failed to kick the conversion and this was the only score of the match and the first time that the All Blacks had conceded without first scoring themselves. There is general agreement that New Zealand gave a much better account of themselves in the second half, although the Welsh scrum would remain in the ascendancy and poor kicking continued to be an issue for

1500-584: The left wing, and helped Winfield to save what otherwise would have been a try by tackling Deans before be grounded the ball, and, though a splendid effort was made by the centre threequarter to straggle over, timely reinforcements came to Morgan, and the ball was grounded between two and three feet from the line, though Deans considers he grounded the ball in goal. But the incident has been the subject of different accounts, with Cliff Pritchard , Rhys Gabe and Welsh captain Gwyn Nicholls claiming to have been among

1550-457: The opening fifteen minutes. One reporter stated that the normally free-scoring All Blacks did not get any play inside the Welsh 25 yard line until the very moment before half-time. A scrum was called and Dicky Owen saw a chance to call the move he devised in training. As Wales won the ball, Owen ran it down the blindside, with the backline of Bush, Nicholls & Llewellyn following him in support. This initial move drew Gallaher, Hunter and most of

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1600-507: The regimental band. The singing of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is the first recorded instance of a national anthem being sung before an international sporting fixture. At this time national anthems were not associated with sport, especially in Europe. Throughout the British Empire, anthems were associated with the royalty and reserved for formal state occasions. Witnesses to this event (including

1650-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Morgan&oldid=1189848729 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1700-513: The shirt remained in Mahoney's family until 2015. In 2015, the shirt was auctioned at Rogers Jones & Co in Cardiff. It had been expected to sell for £20,000 to £40,000, but was secured by a UK-based telephone bid for a record £180,000, more than eight times the previous world record for a rugby shirt. It was later revealed that the winner was Nigel Wray, the financial backer and chairman of Saracens F.C. , who outbid five separate attempts to secure

1750-462: The singing of national anthems would become a formal part of proceedings in a variety of sports and eventually, a standard practice across the world. Hodges kicked off for Wales and the early play was very tough. There were few opportunities until Seeling made a break for New Zealand, this was brought down by the Welsh defence and the first scrum was called. The All Blacks adopted their usual formation of seven packed forwards and would have expected

1800-551: The tacklers and in a good position to see that the ball was grounded short of the line. Wales In 1904 Morgan was one of the Welsh players chosen to tour Australasia under the captaincy of Bedell-Sivright . Morgan would captain the British team against both Australia and New Zealand during this tour. Note 2 : Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout , but remained tour captain. Note 3 : David Bedell-Sivright

1850-456: The test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test against New Zealand. Gareth Thomas replaced him as tour captain. Note 10 : Sam Warburton was injured in the second test. Alun Wyn Jones replaced him as captain for the third test. Note 11 : Tour captain Sam Warburton was named on the bench for the first test. Peter O'Mahony was

1900-490: The time the tour arrived in Wales, the All Blacks had not conceded a single point in their last 600 minutes of rugby. They had played 27 matches on the tour so far, scoring 801 points and conceding just 22. They had also won all three of the preceding international matches, two without conceding any points (12–7 against Scotland , 15–0 against Ireland and 15–0 against England ). Wales were also unbeaten that year (defeating England 25–0, Scotland 6–3 and Ireland 10–3 in winning

1950-473: The tourists' unorthodox style. On 20 November, the first of two trials was held. The "Probables" attempted to play the same formation (with seven packed forwards rather than eight) that the New Zealanders had been using throughout the tour. However, the team were beaten 18–9 by a "Possibles" team using the traditional Welsh formation. Despite this setback, the selectors persisted with the new formation and won

2000-502: The try. Deans however, believed a try should have been awarded. Following the match, Deans would send a telegraph to the Daily Mail newspaper in London stating that he had in fact grounded the ball before being pulled back and that the referee had indeed arrived late. Deans would always maintain that he had scored the try, reasserting his belief from his death-bed in 1908. A number of Welsh players, including Teddy Morgan also felt his claim

2050-551: The unbeaten All Blacks and the Triple Crown-winning Welsh team, Morgan is believed to have led his team in singing the Welsh national anthem in response to the New Zealanders' haka . This was the first time a national anthem had been sung at a sporting event. The strongly contested game was decided by a single score. In the twenty-fifth minute, Welsh scrum half Dicky Owen released the ball to Cliff Pritchard , who received

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2100-424: The victory cemented the sport's place as a central part of modern Welsh culture . However, other authors saw it as a British victory, with Wales' sole win against the All Blacks upholding the honor of both the mother country and the empire as a whole. Gallaher exchanged shirts with the opposition captain, Gwyn Nicholls. Nicholls subsequently gifted the shirt to Thomas Mahoney, a van boy at his laundry business, and

2150-557: The year. The pre-match Haka and anthems were arranged to replicate their order in 1905. God Defend New Zealand was led by Hayley Westenra before the All Blacks performed the Ka Mate Haka. The Welsh crowd then directly responded with Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau led by Katherine Jenkins , and Cwm Rhondda , led by Wynne Evans . This time, it was the Welsh who were suffering injuries, missing six of their tourists from that summer's British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand . The match itself

2200-426: Was a wonderful revelation of the serious spirit in which the Welsh take their football." Dave Gallaher's remark on experiencing the Welsh crowd singing a national anthem for the first time. As the Haka concluded, Teddy Morgan led an immediate response by singing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau in the direction of the New Zealanders. Morgan encouraged his teammates to join him and the crowd soon followed, unaccompanied by

2250-517: Was better received by Welsh players and the Welsh public; local journalists had sought information from the New Zealand players themselves, with the South Wales Echo publishing a full transcript and translation of what it called the Te Rauparaha Haka (Ka Mate). At around 2.20pm, as the Welsh regiment's 2nd Battalion Band played Men of Harlech the All Blacks emerged onto the pitch, with

2300-464: Was captain for the first test, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6 : Bleddyn Williams captained in the third and fourth tests v New Zealand and the first test v Australia. Note 7 : Cliff Morgan captained in the third test. Note 8 : David Watkins captained in the second and foruth tests v New Zealand. Note 9 : Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game,

2350-1004: Was credible. Wales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff ), Teddy Morgan ( London Welsh ), Gwyn Nicholls ( Cardiff ) capt. , Rhys Gabe ( Llanelli ), Willie Llewellyn ( Newport ), Percy Bush ( Cardiff ), Dicky Owen ( Swansea ), Cliff Pritchard ( Newport ), Dai "Tarw" Jones ( Treherbert ), Arthur Harding ( London Welsh ), Jehoida Hodges ( Newport ), Will Joseph ( Swansea ), Jack Williams ( London Welsh ), George Travers ( Pill Harriers ), Charlie Pritchard ( Newport ) New Zealand: George Gillett ( Canterbury ), Duncan McGregor ( Wellington ), Bob Deans ( Canterbury ), Billy Wallace ( Wellington ), Harry Simon Mynott ( Taranaki ), Jimmy Hunter ( Taranaki ), Dave Gallaher ( Auckland ) capt. , Fred Roberts ( Wellington ), Charlie Seeling ( Auckland ), Alex McDonald ( Otago ), Jimmie O'Sullivan ( Taranaki ), Fred Newton ( Canterbury , West Coast ), Frank Glasgow ( Taranaki ), Steve Casey ( Otago ), George Tyler ( Auckland ) At

2400-579: Was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4 : The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was considered the Combined British team by Argentina because it also included three Scots. Note 5 : Jack Jones

2450-421: Was late to the incident. Dallas would always refuted this, stating that he arrived in time to clearly see the incident and estimated that Deans had been 6 to 12 inches short of scoring. Gabe would continually state that Deans was "inches short", despite struggling forward after the tackle, Percy Bush also stated that he saw Deans was short and made a double movement (illegal in the game at that time) to try and score

2500-442: Was reportedly unable to play due an illness, and was asked to run the line for the match instead. Terry McLean later stated his belief that Stead's illness had a crucial impact on the result, with Stead unable to perform his duties (McLean states he left the side line to find a toilet), he left George Nicholson to run the line in his place. McLean and others felt that had Stead been running the line, he would have been able to get to

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