Club A wing half, he began his career with
Wolverhampton Wanderers but left the club without making an appearance. Lucas instead joined
Swindon Town where he established himself in the first team. His spell with the club was interrupted by the outbreak of
World War II and, after just over one season with club following the return of
The Football League in 1946,
Swansea Town manager
Billy McCandless paid a then club record fee of £11,000 to bring him to
Vetch Field. In his first season, he captained the side to the
Division Three South title and in following years also won two
Welsh Cup's. In December 1953 he joined
Newport County as player-manager and made 93 appearances for Newport scoring 6 goals. During the war he was a guest-player for
Lovell's Athletic, the
works team for Lovell's sweet factory in
Newport,
Monmouthshire, Wales.
International Lucas' first participation for Wales came in a wartime international match against
England at
Ninian Park on 9 May 1942, scoring the only goal of the game in a 1–0 victory. He went on to play in a further seven wartime matches for Wales before winning his first full cap on 23 October 1948 in a 3–1 defeat to
Scotland in the
1949 British Home Championship. He gained a total of seven caps for Wales, his final appearance coming on 15 November 1950 in a 4–2 defeat to
England. ==Managerial career==