Howell Davies (rugby)
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| Full name | Howell John Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1885 Skewen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 July 1961 (aged 76) Cardiff, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: scrum.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howell John Davies (11 March 1885 – 2 July 1961) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Pontypool RFC, as a hooker, i.e. number 2, and club level rugby league (RL) for Hunslet, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1]
International honours
Howell Davies won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1912 against England, and Scotland.[2]
References
- ^ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ^ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.