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William Edward Norman (Wendy) Davis - Prop

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William Edward Norman (Wendy) Davis
Date Of Birth07/09/1913
Place Of BirthBirmingham
EducationKing Edward's School, Birmingham, Cardiff High School
ClubsCardiff, Cardiff HSOB, Penarth
RegionsNorth Midlands
HonoursWales
InvitationalCrawshays, Barbarians
William Edward Norman Davis was born in Aston, Birmingham in September 1913. War caused a move to Cardiff and was educated at Cardiff High School - later playing for their Old Boys team.
He was known to everyone as Wendy (due to his initials) and joined Cardiff in 1934 soon establishing himself in the first team player. In 1938 - 9 he was vice captain to Wilf Wooller and in the same season gained 3 caps for Wales. During WW2 he played another 5 times for Wales in the Red Cross and Wartime Internationals and represented the British Army. Wendy also played 5 games for the Barbarians and occasionally appeared for Penarth.
He died in Cirencester, Gloucestershire in 2002 aged 89.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 24 21 0 3 845 446 104
Llandovery 22 20 0 2 717 355 95
Ebbw Vale 24 18 0 6 724 443 89
Cardiff 24 15 1 8 731 536 78
Pontypridd 24 12 1 11 544 572 63
Pontypool 22 13 0 9 559 501 62
Merthyr 21 11 0 10 535 569 56
Aberavon 23 8 0 15 507 652 47
Bridgend Ravens 22 8 0 14 463 667 42
Swansea 21 6 0 15 427 589 36
Carmarthen Quins 22 5 0 17 469 666 33
RGC 1404 21 5 0 16 424 579 30
Neath 22 3 0 19 379 749 20