Player

Cliff Davies - Prop

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Cliff Davies
Height175
Weight86
Date Of Birth12/12/1919
Place Of BirthKenfig Hill
EducationKenfig Hill Council School
ClubsCardiff, Bridgend Ravens
HonoursWales, British and Irish Lions
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
Clifton "Cliff" Davies (The Bard of Kenfig Hill) was a short, tough prop who played 190 games for Cardiff in the years immediately following World War 2. Wales (16 caps), Barbarian and Lions Tours followed – the Lions tour being to Australia and New Zealand in 1950.
Born in 1919 in Kenfig Hill Cliff Davies was known within rugby circles for his cheery demeanour and baritone singing voice. He began his rugby career with Kenfig Hill before moving to Bridgend. After the war, Davies was persuaded to join Cardiff by Jack Mathews and joined in the 1945/46 season. Before retiring in 1952 he had scored 20 tries. His brother Billy and cousin Billy Jones also played for Cardiff.
Selected to play for Wales in the Victory Internationals just after the second World War, Davies played three games against England, Ireland and Scotland. Shortly before the fourth game against France in Paris) he was injured in work and his place was taken by another Cardiff player, Davies’s cousin Billy Jones. Not having a passport of his own Jones was ‘smuggled’ into France using Cliff’s passport.
Cliff Davies passed away in January 1967 at the age of 47.
PLAYER FOR P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
Wales 16 10 2 4 1 0 0 0 3
British and Irish Lions 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 17 10 2 5 1 0 0 0 3
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Llandovery 20 19 0 1 684 307 90
Newport 21 18 0 3 701 390 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19