Thomas Sydney "Sid" Bevan (2 May 1877 – 17 October 1933) was a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 rugby union

Rugby union

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 player who represented Wales

Wales national rugby union team

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 and the British Lions

British and Irish Lions

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. Bevan played club rugby for Swansea

Swansea RFC

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, joining the club in 1897.

Rugby career

Bevan came to note as a rugby player while representing local team Morriston RFC

Morriston RFC

Morriston Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Morriston, Swansea in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys....

. In 1897 he switched to first class side, Swansea, and while playing for Swansea he was selected to play for Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

. His first and only cap was on 2 March 1904 at Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast against Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

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. In the same year Bevan was selected to represent Bedell Sivright's

David Bedell-Sivright

David Revell "Darkie" Bedell-Sivright was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities. Bedell-Sivright was one of the true characters of the sport of rugby and was chosen to lead a British Isles team on a tour of Australia...

 British Lions on their tour of Australia and New Zealand

1904 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

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. He played in four of the tests.

During World War I, Bevan was a second lieutenant in the 6th battalion of the Welch Regiment

Welch Regiment

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