Evan Davies - Centre
Wales RLHeritage No | 43 |
Place Of Birth | Tumble |
Height | 173 |
Weight | 70 |
Clubs | Oldham RLFC, Tumble |
Regions | Scarlets |
Honours | Wales RL, Great Britain |
Evan Davies first played for the local Tumble club, before moving on to Llanelli. During his time there, he made it to the Welsh trial game of 1911. He was approached by Oldham and agreed to come North only if a place could also be found for his friend Tom Williams. This was agreed and the two of them made their debut in the wing positions against Broughton Rangers on December 9th, 1911. Davies would become one of the greatest centres in the history of the club. He became a first team regular, but fell victim to a serious illness that almost ended his career in 1913. Happily he recovered only for the first World War to again temporarily interrupt his progress. On returning in 1919, Evan then displayed his best form and won a place on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. He suffered from a poisoned toe on the outward journey and had to sit out the Australian section, but recovered to play in all the New Zealand leg of the tour, except for one match, including all three tests. He ended up with 102 tries and one goal in his 321 Oldham appearances. These included two honours, both in the 1924-25 season - the Lancashire Cup, where they beat St Helens Recs 10-0 in the final, and the Challenge Cup, where he scored the final try of the match in the 16–3 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers.
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