Emlyn Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emlyn Davies

Welsh rugby union player

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Sep-2016

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Emlyn Davies

  • 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.

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