Len Attewell (31 December 1895 – 26 February 1983) was a

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international

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prop who played club rugby for

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Rugby career

Attewell began his rugby career with

Newport Docks Newport Docks is the collective name for a group of docks in the city of Newport, south-east Wales. By the eighteenth century there were a number of wharves on the west shore of the River Usk; iron and coal were the principal outward traffic. Th ...

team Pill Harriers, but moved to Newport in 1914. A tough front row player, Attewell played at prop and hooker positions. In 1921 he was selected for the

team against England on 15 January 1921. The Welsh team held several Newport players, including captain,

Jack Wetter Jack Wetter DCM (29 December 1887 – 29 July 1967) was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby predominantly for Newport. He was captain for both his club and country and earned 10 caps for Wales. Wetter's rugby career ...

and centre

Jerry Shea Jeremiah Shea (12 August 1892 – 30 June 1947) was a Welsh international dual-code rugby football, rugby centre who played club rugby for Newport RFC, Newport and Pill Harriers RFC, Pill Harriers under the rugby union code and later represen ...

, but lost the match 18-3. He played three games for Wales, all in the

1921 Five Nations Championship The 1921 Five Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-f ...

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 463. *

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1921 *

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1921 *

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1921

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Attewell, Len 1895 births 1983 deaths Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players Rugby union props Rugby union players from Newport, Wales Newport RFC players Pill Harriers RFC players