Jim Davies (rugby)


James "Jim" Davies 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. He played club level rugby union for Swansea RFC, and representative level rugby league for Great Britain, Wales and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a, or, i.e. number 6, or 7, and coached at club level for Keighley.

Playing career

International honours

Jim Davies won 3 caps for Wales in 1909–1912 while at Huddersfield, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1911 against Australia, and in 1912 against Australia.

County Cup Final appearances

Jim Davies played 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.