Career
Rugby union career
Davies began playing rugby union as a schoolboy playing for both Aberavon Council School and Portuguese Talbot County School. The first notable club that Davies represented was Aberavon, and it was from Aberavon that Davies was first selected to represent the Wales national team Davies played two international games for Wales, both as part of the 1912 Five Nations Championship.
Davies was reslected for the very next Wales match of the tournament, an away encounter to Ireland.
The game started well for Wales, with Davies scoring his only international points, a try in the first half which was converted by Jack Bancroft. Despite Wales leading 5-0, the more experienced Irish team came back in the second half winning 12-5.
By the end of 1912, Davies had switched clubs from Aberavon to Swansea, and in October he was selected to play for county team Glamorgan when they faced the second touring South African team Davies was not originally a first choice for the team, with Cardiff"s Billy Spiller chosen not only as centre but also team captain.
Three of the backs selected for the encounter, Spiller, Swansea centre Alf Thomas and fullback Jack Bancroft were all withdrawn injured after the teams met in a club clash the previous Saturday.
Davies was called in to replace Spiller and was also given the captaincy. The match was a one-sided competition with the South Africans running out winners by 35 points to 3. Davies played in his rugby in two parts of the United Kingdom, in Wales it was for Swansea, Glamoragn and his country, while in the South of England he played for Exeter University, Plymouth Albion and county rugby for Devon.
In 1913 he was suspended by both Wales and Devon for alleged professionalism, and in March he decided to sever links with the union game by "Going North" and joining Leeds R.L.F.C.
Rugby league honours
Davies played centre, id est (that is) number 3 in Leeds" 2-35 defeat by Huddersfield in the Championship final during the 1914-1915 season, and in the 11-3 victory over Dewsbury in the 1921 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1921-1922 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 26 November 1921.
