LEWIS
,
CHARLES PRYTHERCH
(
1853
-
1923
),
Welsh Rugby footballer and Oxford ‘triple Blue’
;
b.
20 Aug. 1853
, son of
Frederick
Lewis
,
Llwyncelyn
,
Llanwrda, Carms.
He was educated at
Llandovery
and
Oxford University
where he obtained the degree of
M.A.
Subsequently,
Lewis
held a mastership for many years at
Llandovery
, but resigned and later entered the
legal profession
. ‘
C.P.
,’ as he was popularly known, was a very
prominent figure in the athletic world
. Whilst at
Oxford
he got his ‘
triple Blue
’ — winning the
hurdle race
,
throwing the hammer
, and
playing cricket
in the
Oxford XI
. He represented
Wales
as a
full-back
in five international matches
between 1882 and 1884
.
Lewis
was also a great
cricketer
, was a member of the
M.C.C.
, and was once picked to play for
England
against
Australia
, but he failed to undertake the journey. He was a member of the
Llandovery town council
from
1889 to 1920
and in
1899
was made an
alderman
. He was
mayor
of the borough during
1894-5
and
1904-5
. In
1898
he was made
J.P. (Carms.)
. He d.
27 May 1923
.
Sources:
-
Carmarthen Journal
,
1 June 1923
;
-
The Weekly Mail
,
3 June 1923
;
-
Western Mail
,
28 May 1923
;
-
The Illustrated sporting and dramatic news a
high-class weekly journal of sport, art, literature, music
and the drama
(London, 1874-1942)
,
2 June 1923.
Author:
Dr Moelwyn Idwal Williams, M.A., Aberystwyth
