Jim Davies (rugby)

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James Davies
Personal information
Full name James Davies
Nickname Jim
Born c. 1886
Wales
Playing information
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Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1900–07 Swansea RFC
Rugby league
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth, Scrum-half/Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1907–20 Huddersfield 265
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≥1909–≤20 Yorkshire ≥1
1909–12 Wales 3 0 0 0 0
1911–12 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1920–≥20 Keighley
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

James "Jim" Davies was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s , and rugby league coach of the 1920s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 6, or 7,[1][2] and coaching at club level for Keighley.[3]

Playing career

International honours

Jim Davies won 3 caps for Wales (RL) in 1909–1912 while at Huddersfield, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Huddersfield in 1911 against Australia, and in 1912 against Australia.[4][5]

County Cup final appearances

Jim Davies played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Huddersfield's 2-8 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910.

Club career

In the 1911–12 season, Jim Davies became the first Welshman to score more than 200-points in a season, he made his final appearance for Huddersfield in April of the 1919–20 season.[3]

References

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  3. 3.0 3.1 Tom Mather (2010). "Best in the Northern Union". Pages 128-142. ISBN 978-1-903659-51-9
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