Bill Davies (rugby league)
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| Full name | William T. Davies[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Centre, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Davies was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in 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 , Centre in Huddersfield's 4-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1945–46 season 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] (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £235,500 in 2014).[5]
References
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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Rugby League Transfer Record Huddersfield to Dewsbury 1947 |
Succeeded by Bill Hudson |