Harry Wetter

Harry Wetter (3 February 1882 – 4 February 1934) was an English-born international, rugby union centre who played club rugby for Newport and county rugby with Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. He won just two caps for Wales but is most notable for being a member of the Newport team that beat the 1912 touring South African team. He was also a member of the Wales bowls and baseball team.

Harry Wetter

Birth name	William Henry Wetter[1]
Date of birth	3 February 1882
Place of birth	Southsea, England[2]
Date of death	4 February 1934 (aged 52)
Place of death	Newport, Wales
Notable relative(s)	Jack Wetter, brother
Occupation(s)	Police officer
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) ? 1903-1920 Pill Harriers RFC Newport RFC Glamorgan Monmouthshire () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1912-1913 Wales 2 (0)

Rugby career

Wetter first played rugby for Pill Harriers the notoriously hard team from Newport Docks. He switched to first-class team Newport in 1903 and in 1906 was chosen for the Newport team to face Paul Roos's touring South African team. Although Newport lost the match, Wetter would win the return match when he faced the second touring South African team, again with Newport, in 1912.

In 1912, Wetter won his first Welsh cap against the touring South Africans, in a game at the Cardiff Arms Park. His only other match for his country was against England in 1913, Wales lost badly and Wetter was one of eight players that were never selected for Wales again.

International matches played

Wales[3]

• England 1913
• South Africa 1912

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

1. Newport RFC player profile Archived 17 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
2. WRU player profiles
3. Smith (1980), pg 473.