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
1902–1907
Cardiff RFC
London Welsh RFC
Middlesex
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1902–1908
1904 & 1908
Wales Wales
United Kingdom Great Britain
20
3
(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