Dai Thomas

David "Dai" Thomas was a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s who at representative level played for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Oldham, playing at Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12. David "Dai" Thomas won a cap, and scored his teams first try, playing left-Second-row for Other Nationalities in the 9-3 victory over England at Central Park, Wigan on 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match. Someone named Dai Thomas currently holds Dewsbury's "Tries In A Season" record with 40-tries scored in the 1906–07 season, and their "Tries In A Match" record with 8-tries against Liverpool City on 13 April 1907. These records were set in the same era as the Dai Thomas of this article, and as he...