Clarrie Davis | |
Full Name: | Clarence Clive Davis |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1928 |
Birth Place: | Auburn, NSW, Australia |
Relatives: | Gordon Davis (brother) Tom Davis (uncle) |
Position: | Centre / Wing |
Repyears1: | 1949–51 |
Repcaps1: | 4 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Clarence Clive Davis (4 March 1928 – 25 August 2006) was an Australian rugby union international.[1]
Davis, born in Auburn, Sydney, was the nephew of 1920s Test prop Tom Davis and younger brother of Wallabies centre Gordon Davis.[2] He was educated at North Sydney Boys' High School.[3]
A speedy three quarter, Davis played first-grade for Manly and earned his first Wallabies call up in 1949 to play the touring New Zealand Māori team. Due to a thigh injury, he had to withdraw a day before the 1st Test and missed the entire series, but got another opportunity three months later on the 1949 tour of New Zealand, gaining his first cap in a win over the All Blacks in Wellington. He was capped a further three times in the home series against the All Blacks in 1951. Although best suited to playing centre, he was utilised as a winger by the Wallabies. He retired from rugby in 1954 because of injury.[4]