Hugh John Morgan-Owen (1882 – 6 March 1953) was a Welsh international footballer.

Hugh Morgan-Owen
Personal information
Date of birth 1882
Place of birth St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales[1]
Date of death 6 March 1953(1953-03-06) (aged 70–71)
Place of death Repton, Derbyshire, England[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1907 Wales 5 (2)

Morgan-Owen was born at St Asaph, Flintshire, son of Timothy Morgan-Owen, and educated at Shrewsbury School and Oxford University, where he was a football Blue against Cambridge University. Later he played in London for the Corinthians.[1]

Morgan-Owen was part of the Wales national football team between 1900 and 1907, playing 5 matches and scoring 2 goals. He played his first match on 26 March 1900 against England and his last match on 4 March 1907 against Scotland.[2]

Morgan-Owen also played cricket at county level for Montgomeryshire and, in 1904, for Shropshire on one occasion when he made 23 runs and took two wickets.[3]

His brother Morgan Morgan-Owen was also a Welsh international footballer.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 21. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  2. ^ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 21,48.