David "Dai" Thomas Harris (15 February 1879 – 1958) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Treherbert RFC, as a centre, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Wigan, as a .
Background Dai Harris was born in Morriston, Wales, he was a blacksmith's assistant. He died in 1958, aged 79, in Aberavon, Wales.
Playing career International honours Dai Harris won a cap, playing at and scored the third try, for Other Nationalities in the 9–3 victory over England at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.
Club career During Dai Harris' time at Wigan, they won the South West Lancashire League in 1904–05.
References
External links Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com
(archived by archive.is) (archived by archive.is) On This Day - 5 April 1904 (archived by archive.is) Code-switch international's 1904 cap up for auction