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'''Harry Patrick Davies''' ( |
'''Harry Patrick Davies''' (born March 17, 1903 – died February 21, 1979), or also known as '''Pat Davies''' was a [[rugby union]] international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in 1927. He played his club rugby for [[Sale Sharks|Sale]] and was the club's first England international. He also represented [[Cheshire Rugby Football Union|Cheshire]] 48 times. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Birth name | Harry Patrick Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | March 17, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stockport, Cheshire[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 February 1979 | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Ware, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Mantle manufacturer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Patrick Davies (born March 17, 1903 – died February 21, 1979), or also known as Pat Davies was a rugby union international who represented England in 1927. He played his club rugby for Sale and was the club's first England international. He also represented Cheshire 48 times.
Early life
Davies was born on March 17, 1903 in Stockport. His father was Henry George Davies, a costume manufacturer from London but of Welsh heritage, and his mother was Eleanor Marian Needham, also originally from London. Davies had two older brothers (John Henry and Thomas Esculapias) and a younger sister (Olive Mary). Despite being christened Harry Patrick, his family referred to him and registered him as Patrick Harry Davies in later documents and it was by this name that he married Aline Dorothy St. Clair Collins in 1927 in Birch in Rusholme.[2] During his later rugby playing days he was often referred to as P.H. Davies.
Rugby football
Davies played his club rugby for Sale, now known as Sale Sharks. He selected to play for his county side, Cheshire, on 48 occasions[3]. He went on to become president of Sale in their centenary year of 1961, and prior to that was President of the Cheshire RFU from 1958 to 1960.[3] Davies made his only international appearance on February 12, 1927 at Twickenham in front of 45,000 spectators in the England vs Ireland match.[1] During the match, Ireland initially took the lead with a penalty until Davies pounced on an Irish error to put H C C Laird, the Harlequins stand-off half, over for a try which was then converted by Stanbury. Ireland later regained the lead with a try only for England to wrestle the lead back again, eventually winning 8 points to 6.[4]
References
- ^ a b Pat Davies Profile on espn.co.uk
- ^ Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013., Reference Number: M315/1/2/3, Archive Roll: 666
- ^ a b The History Of Cheshire Rugby Football Union 1876-1976, 1978, p22, Published by the Centenary Committee, Printed by Williamson Secretarial. Hale
- ^ Barry Morrison Bowker, England Rugby, A History of the National Side, 1871-1978, p70, Cassell, 1978, ISBN 9780304302147