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Clem Thomas
Richard Clement Charles "Clem" Thomas (28 January 1929 - 5 September 1996)〔(Clem Thomas player profile ESPN Scrum.com )〕 was a international rugby union player. A flanker, he represented Cambridge University R.U.F.C. in the Varsity Match in 1949 and played for Brynamman, Swansea, London Welsh and Harlequins. He earned 26 caps for Wales, between 1949 and 1959 and captained Wales in his last nine internationals.〔 After retiring as a player he became a rugby union journalist and author of books on the game.
==Rugby career==
Thomas first came to note as a rugby player while still a school-boy. A boarder at Blundell's School in Tiverton he gained four Wales School-boy caps while at the school. He gained his first full senior cap in the match against France in the 1949 Five Nations Championship.〔(Obituary of Clem Thomas, The Independent, 6 September 1996 )〕
Thomas was also a member of the last Wales team that defeated the New Zealand All Blacks in 1953. In fact, it was Thomas's cross field kick that enabled Ken Jones, the flying Welsh winger, to gather the ball and touch down for the winning try.〔
Thomas toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 1955. He was taken ill shortly after the start of the tour and was operated on for appendicitis, which caused him to miss the first ten tour matches. He spent part of his recuperation on a farm owned by the South African pilot Sailor Malan and rejoined the tour in time to be selected for the final two test matches against . Tony O'Reilly, writing after Thomas's death, felt that if Thomas had been available for all four games the Lions might have won the series rather than drawing it 2-2.〔(Obituary:Clem Thomas Tony O'Reilly The Independent 11 September 1996 )〕 Thomas captained the Lions team in the game against Natal.
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