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Full name | Howell John Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Skewen, Wales | 11 March 1885||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 July 1961 Cardiff, Wales | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
scrum.com |
Howell John Davies (11 March 1885 – 2 July 1961) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Pontypool RFC, as a hooker, i.e. number 2, and club level rugby league (RL) for Hunslet, as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. [1]
Howell Davies won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1912 against England, and Scotland. [2]