Background
Davies was born in Wrexham and started his career with the Wrexham Civil Service Club before joining Wrexham in 1881.
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He also made three appearances for Wales, all against Ireland. Described as "a slightly built individual with much natural ability" who was "full of attacking instinct" and possessed a "very accurate shot". next reached the final in 1890, but this time lost by a single goal to Chirk. His first international appearance came on 17 March 1883, when he was selected to play against Ireland.
The match ended with the scores level with one goal each.
Davies was not selected again until April 1885, when he failed to score in an 8–2 victory over the hapless Irish. Davies made three appearances for Wales in international matches, as follows: Davies was later a referee for the Football Association of Wales and managed the Albion Hotel in.
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He was a superb dribbler who regularly won dribbling competitions. Despite this he was a keen advocate of the combination game and helped introduce this into Wrexham in place of the individualism that was still prevalent there until the 1880s.
