Bill Davies (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William T. Davies[1] | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Neath RFC | ||||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1939–47 | Huddersfield | |||||
| 1947–?? | Dewsbury | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1943–47 | Wales | 6 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Bill Davies was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s, playing at representative level for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a Fullback, Centre, or Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or 6.[2]
Davies started his career as a rugby union player at Neath RFC. In 1939, he switched codes and joined rugby league side Huddersfield.[1]
Davies played at centre in Huddersfield's 4–13 defeat by Wigan in the 1945–46 Northern Rugby Football League season's Championship final at Maine Road, Manchester on Saturday 18 May 1946.[3]
In the first full season after the war, a new record transfer fee of £1,650 was set when Dewsbury bought Davies from Huddersfield.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "No Title". The Manchester Guardian. 1 February 1947. p. 6. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "1945–1946 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ Collins, Tony (2006). Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain: A Social and Cultural History. United Kingdom: Routledge. p. 87.
External links
| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by ?? |
Rugby League Transfer Record Huddersfield to Dewsbury 1947 |
Succeeded by Bill Hudson |