Frederick Margrave

Frederick Margrave
Rugby union career
Full name	Frederick Lofthouse Margrave
Date of birth	(1858-12-25)25 December 1858
Place of birth	Llanelli, Wales
Date of death	1 January 1946(1946-01-01) (aged 87)
Place of death	Llanelli, Wales
Playing career
Position	Half-backs
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Llanelli RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1884	Wales^[1]	2	(0)

Frederick Lofthouse Margrave (25 December 1858 – 1 January 1946) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli Rugby Football Club. Margrave was born on Christmas Day 1858 in Llanelli. In 1884 he married Alice Newman, and together they had six children.^[2]

Rugby career

Margrave played for Llanelli and was one of the first players from the club to represent Wales. His first international game was as part of the 1884 Home Nations Championship against England. Under the captaincy of Newport's Charlie Newman, Wales lost the game by two tries. Margrave was reselected for the very next match of the same tournament against Scotland at Rodney Parade but after another Welsh loss Margrave did not represent his country again.

Margrave also captained his club and was described as one of the most gentlemanly half backs to represent the first team.

International matches played

Wales^[3]

England 1884
Scotland 1884

Bibliography

Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by	Llanelli RFC Captain 1877-1878	Succeeded by
Preceded by	Llanelli RFC Captain 1880-1885	Succeeded by Harry Bowen

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