Birth name | Arthur Flowers Harding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 August 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Market Rasen, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 May 1947 | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Wanganui, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Christ College, Brecon[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.