Welsh wonder years; Q&A
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Your support makes all the difference.Q. The cricketers Mike Atherton and John Crawley went to the same school (Manchester Grammar) and to the same university (Cambridge). They both play for the same county (Lancashire) and have represented England together in the same Test team several times. Does anybody know of similar instances?
A. Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen, produced the following rugby players who subsequently played for Llanelli, Wales and the British Lions - the first three at the same time: Gerald Davies, Roy Bergiers, Ray Gravell and Ieuan Evans. They comprise a fairly decent threequarter line despite the quandary of who occupies the right wing and who plays out of position on the left. Gwyn Jones, Dyfed
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