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Frank Wrentmore

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Frank Wrentmore
Personal information
Full nameFrank Wrentmore
Bornfourth ¼ 1884
Pontypridd, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1908–08 Penygraig RFC
Rugby league
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908–09 Mid-Rhondda

Frank Wrentmore (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1884 in Pontypridd) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Penygraig RFC, and club level rugby league (RL) for Mid-Rhondda, he served with the Somerset Light Infantry with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.

Notable tour matches

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Frank Wrentmore scored a try in Mid-Rhondda's 6–20 defeat by Australia at Mid Rhondda Athletic Grounds, Tonypandy.[1]

Christmas truce

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Frank Wrentmore participated in the Christmas truce, a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Peter Lush, David Farrar (1998). "Tries in the Valley: A History of Rugby League in Wales". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 0952606437
  2. ^ "Christmas Truce 1914 → Wales". christmastruce.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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