Name Jim Davies | ||
James Davies (born c. 1886) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s, and coached rugby league in 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, and coaching at club level for Keighley.
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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.
County Cup Final appearances
Jim Davies played stand-off/five-eighth in Huddersfield's 2-8 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Rugby 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.