Bill Davies (rugby league)

Bill Davies

Personal information
Full name	William T. Davies[1]
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Neath RFC
Rugby league
Position	Fullback, Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1939–47	Huddersfield
1947–??	Dewsbury
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1943–47	Wales	6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Bill Davies was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer of 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. "No Title". The Manchester Guardian. 1 February 1947. p. 6. (subscription required (help)).
2. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
3. "1945–1946 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
4. Collins, Tony (2006). Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain: A Social and Cultural History. United Kingdom: Routledge. p. 87.
5. "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

External links

• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org