David Davies (rugby league, born 1902)

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Dai Davies
Ogden's cigarette card featuring Dai Davies
Personal information
Full nameDavid Morgan Davies
Born(1902-05-05)5 May 1902
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Wales[1]
Died22 February 1992(1992-02-22) (aged 89)
Playing information
PositionScrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1926–27 Broughton Rangers 55 6 0 0 18
1927–34 Warrington 196 34 0 0 102
1934–36 Huddersfield 33 2 2 0 10
1936–37 Keighley 35 12 1 0 38
Total 319 54 3 0 168
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1928–35 Wales 4 0 0 0 0
1930 Other Nationalities 1 2 0 0 6
1929–34 Rugby League XIII 3 0 0 0 0
1927 Glamorgan 1 0 0 0 0
1929–31 Glamorgan and Monmouthshire 5 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3]

David "Dai" Morgan Davies (5 May 1902 – 22 February 1992) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Amman United and Neath and after changing codes to rugby league (RL) he played at international level for Wales and at club level for Broughton Rangers, Warrington, Huddersfield and Keighley, as a scrum-half.[2][4] Dai Davies was on the losing side in four Challenge Cup finals with three separate clubs; Warrington (1928 and 1933), Huddersfield (1935), and Keighley (1937).[5]

Playing career

Davies played rugby union for Amman United and Neath before changing codes from rugby union to rugby league when he joined Broughton Rangers in 1926.[6] The following year he left Broughton to join Warrington, being paid a signing-on fee of £250,[7] the payment of signing-on fees was widespread but not in accordance with Rugby Football League rules.[8]

Davies remained with Warrington for eight seasons, appearing on the losing side in two Challenge Cup finals, the first the 3–5 defeat by

1932 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1932–33 season
at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 19 November 1932.

In 1934 Davies joined Huddersfield for whom he appeared in a third Challenge Cup final as Huddersfield lost 8–11 to

1935 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on 4 May 1935, in front of a crowd of 39,000,[9]

Davies moved to Keighley in August 1936 for a fee of £200, and

1937 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley on Saturday 8 May 1937, in front of a crowd of 47,699.[10]

The Challenge Cup final appearance for Keighley was Davies' last game, despite an offer to join

Second World War.[11]

The record of playing in four Challenge Cup finals and being on the losing team in all of them was an unwanted record that Davies held until Paul Loughlin played in five losing finals in the 1980s and 1990s.[12]

International honours

At international level Davies won four caps for Wales (RL) from 1928 to 1935 while at Warrington.[2][3] He also appeared once for the Other Nationalities (RL) in a 35–19 victory over England at Thrum Hall, Halifax in 1930, a game in which he scored two tries as well as three appearances for the Rugby League XIII between 1929 and 1934.[3]

Appearances for Great Britain eluded him. He played in two trial matches for the 1932 tour to Australia and New Zealand but he was not picked for the touring squad.[13]

County honours

David Davies played scrum-half in Glamorgan's 18-14 victory over Monmouthshire in the non-County Championship match during the 1926–27 season at Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd on Saturday 30 April 1927.[14]

Davies made five appearances for the

Australia.[3]

Later life

Having left school aged 14, Davies had started his working career in the

public house in Warrington while also working as part of the Warrington club's coaching staff. A final return to Wales in 1952 followed and for the remainder of his working life he worked in the pits.[15]

Davies married Katie Rees (1909–1985) in 1932 and they had two children. Dai Davies died in 1992, aged 89.

References

Notes

  1. ^ Melling (1994), p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c "Dai Davies". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Melling (1994), pp. 90–91.
  4. ^ Williams, Lush & Farrar (2009), pp. 108–114.
  5. ^ Melling (1994), preface.
  6. ^ Collins (2006), p. 43.
  7. ^ Collins (2006), p. 45.
  8. ^ Melling (1994), p. 30.
  9. Yorkshire Post
    . 6 May 1935. p. 30.
  10. ^ Lund (1997), p. 54.
  11. ^ Melling (1994), pp. 69–70.
  12. ^ Slater (2012), p. 162.
  13. ^ Melling (1994), p. 55.
  14. n/a
  15. ^ Melling (1994), pp. 86–89.

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