Birth name | Edwin Thomas Maynard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 March 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Upper Cwmbran, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 November 1961 | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Upper Cwmbran, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | labourer publican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin Thomas Maynard (21 March 1878 – 20 November 1961)[1] known as Edwin Thomas or "Beddoe" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport RFC. Thomas was part of the Wales team that won the Triple Crown in 1909, and faced all three major Southern Hemisphere teams; New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, for Newport.