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| Birth name | Herbert Benjamin Winfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 May 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nottingham,[1] England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 September 1919 (aged 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Benjamin Winfield (5 May 1878 – 21 September 1919) was an English rugby union player who played international rugby for Wales. He was a member of the victorious Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous Match of the Century and would go on to captain Wales against Ireland in 1908. He played club rugby for Cardiff.
Winfield is not one of the most well known of the players from the first Welsh Golden Era, which was probably due to his solid but unspectacular style of play. He was a strong kicker of the ball and in the fifteen matches he played for his country he scored 14 conversions and 6 penalty goals.[1]