W. "Barry" Davies
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international

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forward who played club rugby for

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and international rugby for

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, playing in one match, against Scotland in 1896.

Rugby career

Little is recorded of Davies, though it is known that he began his rugby career with

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, his

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club and the origin of his nickname.Jenkins (1991), pg 44. Davies then switched to Cardiff Star, a small club team in

, notable for producing talent such as

Gwyn Nicholls Erith Gwyn Nicholls (15 July 1874 – 24 March 1939)Newport RFC player profiles
was a W ...

. Like Nicholls, Davies was noticed by major Welsh club

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joining them before the turn of the century. In 1896 Davies was selected to represent the Wales national rugby team for the Home Nations Championship. Played at the

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against Scotland, the team, and the pack in particular saw a massive overhaul after a humiliating loss to

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three weeks earlier. Davies was one of five new players brought into the eight man pack, and was joined by two Cardiff team mates in the backs, Nicholls and

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. Despite being part of the winning team, Wales beating Scotland 6-0, Davies was replaced for the last game of the tournament by Fred Miller.

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 465. * 1896

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