William Philip Cathcart Davies (6 August 1928 – ),
played rugby union at
centre for Evesham RUFC, Cheltenham RUFC,
Cambridge University,
Harlequins,
England and the
British Lions (South Africa 1955).
Davies was born at
Abberley,
Worcestershire. He was educated at Denstone College, Staffordshire. Phil was a member of the
Cambridge University RFC
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tour to
Japan
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in 1953, the first one by Cambridge after the Second World War. It took place after Oxford had toured in the previous year. He was widely considered to be an excellent centre of great physical power, and achieved a measure of celebrity in his time.
From 1953 to 1959 he taught biology at Christ's Hospital school in Horsham, Sussex. The school gave him special leave for the British Lions tour of South Africa, which overlapped with the start of the school year. He left to become a preparatory school headmaster, first at
Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, then at
Cheltenham College Junior School
("Work Conquers All")
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, Gloucestershire, and served in that post from 1964 to 1986.
A memorial service was held for him in Cheltenham College Chapel on 22 September 2018. It was attended by
Steve Boyle on behalf of the
British Lions.
References
External links
South Africa Lions tour(1955)
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1928 births
2018 deaths
English rugby union players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
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People educated at Denstone College
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
People from Worcestershire (before 1974)
Rugby union players from Worcestershire
Schoolteachers from Sussex
Heads of schools in England