Harry Wetter

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 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

England 1913

South Africa 1912.

Achievements

• 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 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.

Membership

He was also a member of the Wales bowls and baseball team