Researching Gareth Edwards
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 83464 people with the Edwards surname? In that year Edwards was ranked number 23 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gareth means "one of King Arthur's knights" and is of Welsh origin.
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Gareth Edwards
Sir Gareth Owen Edwards, CBE (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey".
In 2003, in a poll of international rugby players conducted by Rugby World magazine, Edwards was declared the greatest player of all time. In 2007, former England captain Will Carling published his list of the '50 Greatest Rugby players' in The Daily Telegraph, and ranked Edwards the greatest player ever, stating; "He was a supreme athlete with supreme skills, the complete package. He played in the 1970s, but, if he played now, he would still be the best. He was outstanding at running, passing, kicking and reading the game. He sits astride the whole of rugby as the ultimate athlete on the pitch".
Edwards was prominent in the Welsh national team that was to the fore in European rugby in the '60s and '70s. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Gerald Davies, JPR Williams, Ryan Jones, Adam Jones, Gethin Jenkins and Alun Wyn Jones.
In the 2007 New Year Honours, Edwards became a CBE for services to sport.He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2015, for services to sport and for charitable services.
Source: Gareth Edwards, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGareth Edwards (Berkshire cricketer)
Gareth Edwards (born 30 November 1973) was an English cricketer who played for Berkshire. He was born in Exeter.
Having represented Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1997 and 2001, Edwards made a single List A appearance for the team, in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, against Devon. From the tailend, Edwards scored 5 runs, and took bowling figures of 0-30 from six overs of bowling. Edwards turned to golf in 2005 and quickly became a single-figure handicap player at Caversham Heath Golf Club where he held the white tee course record amongst members of 72 (1 under gross). He now plays at Sonning Golf Club
Source: Gareth Edwards (Berkshire cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaGareth Edwards (director)
Gareth James Edwards (born 13 July 1975) is a British visual effects artist, screenwriter, film director, cinematographer, production designer, and film producer. He first gained widespread recognition for Monsters (2010), an independent film in which he served as writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist. He subsequently directed Godzilla (2014), a reboot of Toho's Godzilla franchise and the first film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first installment of the Star Wars anthology series and an immediate prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977).
Source: Gareth Edwards (director), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Gareth Edwards (Welsh cricketer)
Gareth John Maldwyn Edwards (born 13 November 1976) is a former Welsh cricketer. Edwards was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in St Asaph, Flintshire. He studied geography at University College London.
Edwards played a single Youth Test for England Under-19s against Zimbabwe Under-19s on England's tour of Zimbabwe in 1995/96. Having played in the Glamorgan Second XI since 1994, Edwards made his only first-class appearance for Glamorgan against Oxford University in 1997. In this match he did not bat in either Glamorgan innings, while with the ball he bowled 9 wicket-less overs.
In 1998, he made 2 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Wales Minor Counties against Shropshire and Cornwall, and a single MCCA Knockout Trophy appearance against Hertfordshire. Following the end of his cricket career, he moved to Manchester where he worked for the BBC as a researcher for A Question of Sport.
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