Arthur Harding

Arthur Harding
Birth nameArthur Flowers Harding
Date of birth(1878-08-08)8 August 1878
Place of birthMarket Rasen, England[1]
Date of death15 May 1947(1947-05-15) (aged 68)
Place of deathWanganui, New Zealand
SchoolChrist College, Brecon[2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1901–1902 Cardiff RFC ()
1902–1907 London Welsh RFC ()
Middlesex ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1902–1908 Wales 20 (3)
1904 & 1908 Great Britain 3 (0)

Arthur Flowers Harding (8 August 1878 – 15 May 1947) was an English-born international rugby union player who played for and captained the Wales national team. Often called 'Boxer' Harding, he was a member of the Wales team for the famous Match of the Century, who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of rugby union. He played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh and county rugby for Middlesex.

  1. ^ WRU player profile Archived 17 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ School remembers Teddy's 1905 try BBC online, 4 February 2005