Robert Davies (footballer, born 1876)

Bob Davies
Personal information
Full nameRobert H Davies
Date of birth1876
Place of birthBolton, Lancashire, England
Playing positionLeft back
Youth career
189?-189?Tonge Lower End
189?-189?Haugh Albion
189?-189?Bolton Lads Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
189?-1895Halliwell Rovers??(??)
1895–1899Bolton Wanderers29(0)
1899–1900Bedminster30(5)
1900–1903Bristol City77(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Bob Davies (born in 1876 in Bolton, Lancashire) was an English footballer who played as a left back. He made 65 Football League appearances and 60 Southern League appearances in the years before the First World War.[1]

Career

Bob Davies played locally for Tonge Lower End, Haugh Albion and Halliwell Rovers.[2] Davies joined Bolton Wanderers in July 1895 from Halliwell Rovers to play for four seasons in Division One but only in the final season as a regular for Bolton Wanderers.[2] Davies moved south to play with Bedminster in the Southern League. When Bedminster merged with Bristol City in the summer of 1900, Davies stayed with the merged club. Davies played one season in the Southern League with Bristol City and then the following two seasons in Division Two as City were elected to the Football League.[3]

Honours

with Bristol City

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  3. Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.