Norman Biggs

Norman Biggs

Biggs in Wales jersey
Birth name	Norman Witchell Biggs
Date of birth	(1870-11-03)3 November 1870
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death	27 February 1908(1908-02-27) (aged 37)
Place of death	Sakaba, Kebbi State, Nigeria
University	University College Cardiff Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Notable relative(s)	Selwyn Biggs, brother Cecil Biggs, brother
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Cardiff University () Cambridge University R.U.F.C. () 1887–1899 Cardiff RFC () 1891–1893 Richmond F.C. () 1890–1891 London Welsh RFC () 1894–1896 Barbarian F.C. () 1899–1900 Bath Rugby () – Glamorgan () – Somerset () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1888–94 Wales 8 (4)

Norman Witchell Biggs^[1][2] (3 November 1870 – 27 February 1908) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan.^[3][4][5] Both Biggs and his brother Selwyn played international rugby for Wales, though they never played together in the same match for Wales. Biggs also played cricket for Glamorgan and in 1893 was part of a team that took on Cardiff in a two-day match; he faced his brother Selwyn, who was a member of the Cardiff team.^[6]

Biggs is notable for being a member of the 1893 Triple Crown winning Wales team, being the youngest capped player to represent the Wales international team, a record he held for over a century, and the unusual circumstances of his death by poison arrow.^[7][8]