Morgan first played international rugby when he was selected for the final game of the
1895 Home Nations Championship in a game against Ireland. Morgan was brought in as a replacement for
Cardiff's Selwyn Biggs and was paired at half back with another Cardiff player,
Ralph Sweet-Escott. Under the captaincy of
Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, Wales faced Ireland in a 'wooden spoon' decider, with both countries having already lost against England and Scotland. Wales won the game 5-3, thanks to an inventive
try from
Tom Pearson. The next season the Welsh selectors kept faith with Morgan bringing him into the team for the opening game of the
1896 Championship. This time the selectors chose a Llanelli pairing, bringing in
Ben Davies, to whom this was also his second international. The match was a sporting disaster for Wales, losing 25-0, and although the forwards took the brunt of the blame, the selectors also reacted by dropping both Morgan and Davies, neither of whom ever represented Wales again.
International matches played Wales • 1896 • 1895 ==Bibliography==