Frank Wrentmore
Welsh rugby footballer
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Full name | Frank Wrentmore | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | fourth ¼ 1884 Pontypridd, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Wrentmore (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1884 in Pontypridd) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in 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 Mid Rhondda Athletic Grounds, 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 World War I.[2]
References
External links
- Search for "Wrentmore" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Christmas Truce 1914 → Soldiers