Emlyn Davies Explained

Emlyn Davies
Birth Name:Emlyn Price Davies[1]
Birth Place:Port Talbot, Wales
Ru Position:Prop
Ru Amateurclubs:Cwmavon RFC
Cymmer RFC
Glyncorrwg RFC
Maesteg RFC
Swansea RFC
Aberavon RFC
Ru Nationalteam:Wales[2]
Ru Nationalyears:1947 - 1948
Ru Nationalcaps:2
Ru Nationalpoints:(0)
School:Maesteg Grammar School
Birth Date:15 January 1922

Emlyn Price Davies (15 January 1922  - 6 September 2016) was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and Aberavon and county rugby for Glamorgan. He was capped for Wales national rugby union team on two occasions.

Davies played for a wide variety of club teams, but it was while he was with Aberavon that he was selected to play for Wales against the touring, 1947 Australian team. It was a dull encounter played out between the forwards, but Davies finished on the winning side as Wales won 6–0. Davies gained his second and final cap in the 1948 Five Nations Championship in the last game of the tournament against Ireland. It was a close game, but Ireland won 6–3, and won the Triple Crown for the first time since 1899. He died on 6 September 2016 at the age of 94.[3] [4]

International matches played

Wales[5]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://ospreys.sportstatdata.com/ST_OSP_1005.aspx?pr=105224 Ospreys player profiles
  2. http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=25883&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
  3. http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/37139.php#.V9BAIGWlguk OBITUARY: ABERAVON INTERNATIONAL EMLYN DAVIES DIES
  4. http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/media-wales-group/obituary/davies-emlyn/47988573?s_source=tmwa_dic DAVIES Emlyn : Obituary
  5. Smith (1980), pg 464.