Arthur Lemon

Arthur Lemon

Full name	Arthur Whitelock Lemon
Date of birth	15 April 1905
Place of birth	Tonna, Wales
Date of death	28 May 1982 (aged 77)
Place of death	Neath, Wales
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Number 8
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Neath RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1929–1933	Wales[1]	13	(0)

Arthur Whitelock Lemon (15 April 1905 – 28 May 1982) was a Welsh international number 8 who played club rugby for Neath and was capped 13 times for Wales.

International rugby career

Lemon made his international debut for Wales in a game against Ireland on 9 March 1929 under the captaincy of Guy Morgan. Wales drew the game, which handed the Championship to Scotland. Although Lemon missed the opening game of the 1930 Five Nations Championship against England, he was reselected for the remaining three games. Lemon played in all four games of the 1931 tournament, which saw Wales win the Championship for the first time in eight years. Lemon was next selected to play against the 1931 touring South Africans. It was a terrible spectacle played on an icy pitch, that Wales captain Jack Bassett failed to adapt his teams play to. After playing out the entirety of the 1932 Championship, Lemon would play one final match for Wales against Ireland in 1933. When Wales lost the game, the selectors decided on wholesale change and Lemon was amongst 11 players to be dropped.

International matches played

Wales^[2]

•  England 1931, 1932
•  France 1930, 1931
• Ireland 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
•  Scotland 1930, 1931, 1932
•  South Africa 1931

Bibliography

• Billot, John (1974). Springboks in Wales. Ferndale: Ron Jones Publications.
• Goodwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

References

1. Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
2. Smith (1980), pg 468.