John Leighton Davies

John Leighton Davies ((1927-08-24)24 August 1927 — April 1995 (aged 67–68)) born in Skewen (birth registered in Swansea), was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, and 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Glamorgan County RFC, and at club level for Neath RFC, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 571), as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4, he died in Wakefield.

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• Genealogical information
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After retirement, he became a patron of Wakefield RFC and was an active supporter of the club until his death.

He was also heavily responsible for Wakefield RFC’s 'Salute to Rugby' book a compilation of "favourite recipes from famous people" including Prince Charles and the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was published in 1980 in support of Wakefield Rugby Football Club.

An acknowledgment in the book reads

“J Leighton Davies, for his superhuman efforts in compiling all the recipes”.

He was the father in law of former Wakefield RFC captain Martin Shuttleworth and grandfather of Otley's Iain Shuttleworth.

John Leighton Davies made his début for Wakefield Trinity during October 1948, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.