Career
Winmill was a one club player, remaining with Cross Keys for his entire career. He captained the club on two occasions, in 1912-1913 and for a three-year period between 1919-1922. His first match was against England at Twickenham, brought into the front row.
His next match, at home against Scotland, also ended in a loss.
Despite two losses on a run the Welsh selectors kept faith with Winmill and the final two matches of the tournament, at home to France and away to Ireland, both ended in Welsh victories. International matches played
Wales
England 1921
France 1921
Ireland 1921
Scotland 1921
Winmill was born in Bedwellty in Monmouthshire.
A collier by trade, he worked down the Nine Mile Point Colliery and in 1935 he was one of the 164 men who took part in the stay-down strike against scab labour. As a collier he lost an eye in an industrial accident, and later became a police officer working at his old colliery.
In 1940 he tripped over a rail at the mine and injured his head in the fall, dying from the wound on 25 June.
