Richard Averill Lloyd (4 August 1891 – 23 December 1950) was an Irish

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, he was a right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler who played two first-class matches for the

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, also playing for

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.First-class matches played by Dickie Lloyd
at Cricket Archive In rugby union, he was a

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who played 19 times for the

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, scoring 72 points, and was regarded as one of the best goal-kickers of his time. He is regarded by his school,

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, as one of their most famous pupils, alongside

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and

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Cricket career

His cricket career began at

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, and he made his Ireland debut while there, playing against

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in July 1911. He played his second and final match for Ireland against

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a year later. In 1914, he played one first-class match for the

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, against

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. Later, he played three first-class matches for Lancashire: a

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match against

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, a match against

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in 1921, and a match against Cambridge University in 1922. CricketArchive records him as having played for

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cricket in the 1930s,Minor Counties Championship matches played by Dickie Lloyd
at Cricket Archive though some research suggests that this is a different RA Lloyd, as the RA Lloyd who played for Denbighshire apparently looked nothing like a rugby player and did not sound Irish.

Cricket statistics

In his two matches for Ireland, he scored 96 runs at an

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of 32, with a top score of 47 against Scotland in his first match. In first-class cricket, he scored 202 runs at an average of 20.2, with a top score of 51 for Lancashire against Gloucestershire, his only half-century. He appears to have not bowled after leaving school, playing as

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in one of his Lancashire matches.

Rugby union career

Lloyd reached high level in schools' rugby in Ireland, representing the Ulster Schools XV. His team at

, where he was a key player, was considered by an Irish rugby historian to be "the greatest school side in the history of the game", beating adult sides on more than one occasion. He made his debut for the Ireland rugby union team in 1910 while still a student, playing against

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and

in the Five Nations. He played in all of Ireland's matches in the following year's tournament, repeating that run in 1912 and 1913. He also played a match against

in November 1912. He played just twice in the 1914 Five Nations, against England and

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, returning after the

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to play twice in the 1920 tournament, again against England and France. He was later an international referee.

Rugby union statistics

In his 19 matches for Ireland, he scored two tries, 16 conversions, seven drop goals and three penalties, for a total of 72 points under the current point scoring system, which was different when Lloyd played.

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