Harold Davies (rugby player)

Harold Davies
Rugby union career
Full name	Harold Joseph Davies^[1]
Date of birth	(1898-12-05)5 December 1898
Place of birth	Newport, Wales
Date of death	2 March 1976(1976-03-02) (aged 77)
Place of death	Newport, Wales
School	St Julians High School, Newport
Occupation(s)	butcher
Playing career
Position	Centre
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
1920-27	Newport RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1924 1924	Wales British Isles^[2]	1 1	(0) (0)

Harold Davies (5 December 1898 – 2 March 1976) was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Davies played club rugby for Newport and captained the team in the 1925/26 season.

Rugby career

Davies was first chosen to represent Wales in the 1922 Five Nations Championship game against France, but was replaced shortly before kick off, along with Swansea's Frank Palmer, by Cliff Richards and Islwyn Evans.^[3] Davies was selected on one occasion in 1924 to represent Wales in an infamous game against Scotland at Inverleith. Wales was completely outclassed letting in eight tries. Although Davies was never selected to play for Wales again he was chosen to represent the British Lions in their 1924 tour of South Africa. The 1924 tour was notorious for the amount of injuries suffered by the tourists, and Davies was called out at the late in the tour as a replacement.^[4] He played in just one game against South Africa, in the second test.

International matches played

Wales^[5]

Scotland 1924

British Isles

South Africa 1924

Bibliography

Godwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
Griffiths, Terry (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: Phoenix House. ISBN 0-460-07003-7.
Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

References

↑ Newport RFC player profiles
↑ Scrum.com player profiles
↑ Godwin (1984), pg 138.
↑ Griffiths (1987), pg 9:6.
↑ Smith (1980), pg 470.

Rugby Union Captain
Preceded by Reg Edwards	Newport RFC Captain 1925-1926	Succeeded by William Roche

British and Irish Lions – 1924 South Africa tour

Forwards	Blakiston (Blackheath) Bradley (Dolphin) Brand (North of Ireland FC) Clinch (Dublin University) Cove-Smith (Old Merchant Taylors) (capt) D.S. Davies (Hawick and Scotland) R.G. Henderson (Northern and Scotland) Hendrie (Heriots FP and Scotland) R.A. Howie (Kirkcaldy RFC and Scotland) Marsden-Jones (Cardiff and London Welsh) McPherson (Newport) McVicker (Collegians) Roche (UCC and Newport) Ross (Kilmarnock and Scotland) Voyce (Gloucester)

Backs	J.H. Bordass (Cambridge University) Cunningham (Lansdowne) H. Davies (Newport) Drysdale (Heriots FP and Scotland) W.F. Gaisford (St. Bart's Hospital) V. Griffiths (Newport) Holliday (Aspatria) Harris (Blackheath) Harding (Swansea) Kinnear (Heriots FP and Scotland) Maxwell (Birkenhead Park) Ian Smith (Oxford University and Scotland) Waddell (Glasgow Academicals and Scotland) Wallace (Percy Park) Whitley (Northern) Young (Blackheath)

Coach	Manager: Harry Packer

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