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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
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