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Wharton Davies
Wharton "Wattie" Peers Davies (10 November 1873 – 5 June 1961) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff and District XV, and at club level for (the now defunct) Cardiff Northern RFC and Cardiff RFC, as a fullback, i.e. number 15, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Batley, as a three-quarter, i.e. , or . Davies still holds Batley's career appearance, goal, and point records, and is one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1,000 points in their rugby league careers. Wattie Davies made his début for Batley against Huddersfield at Mount Pleasant, Batley on Saturday 10 October 1896. Davies played , i.e. number 2, and unusually missed two conversions in Batley's 10-3 victory over St. Helens in the final of the 1897 Challenge Cup at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 24 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford Haven
Milford Haven ( cy, Aberdaugleddau, meaning "mouth of the two Rivers Cleddau") is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages. The town was founded in 1790 by Sir William Hamilton, who designed a grid pattern. It was originally intended to be a whaling centre, though by 1800 it was developing as a Royal Navy dockyard which it remained until the dockyard was transferred to Pembroke in 1814. It then became a commercial dock, with the focus moving in the 1960s, after the construction of an oil refinery built by Esso, to logistics for fuel oil and liquid gas. By 2010, the town's port had become the fourth largest in the United Kingdom in terms of tonnage, and continues its important role in the United Kingdom's energy sector with several oil refineries and one of the biggest LNG terminals in the world. Milford Haven is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
