Henry James Davie (22 May 1905 – 17 March 1968) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

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and Carlton in the

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(VFL) during the 1920s. Born in Fitzroy, Davie was very lightly built but could play in the key forward positions as well as in the pockets. He holds the record for most goals on debut by a Melbourne footballer, with a bag of six against

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when he played his first game in 1924. In Melbourne's Round 14, encounter with Carlton the following season at Princes Park, Davie kicked 13 goals and 5 behinds. It remains the most ever goals kicked by an individual in a game at the ground and the equal most by a player against Carlton anywhere with both Tony Lockett and Tony Modra kicking 13 goals against Carlton in the 1990s. His haul was also a club record until 1947 when

Fred Fanning Fred Fanning (5 November 1921 – 23 May 1993) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) who holds the record for most goals in a VFL/AFL match, with 18. VFL career Hailing from the Vic ...

bagged 18. Davie twice kicked over 50 goals in a season and topped Melbourne's goalkicking in 1925 and 1927. He missed out on his club's 1926 premiership through injury. He crossed to Carlton in 1927 and played there for a season before finishing his career in the

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(VFA) with

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. He was often used as a centreman at Preston but also spent time up forward.

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Blueseum page for Harry Davie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davie, Harry 1905 births 1968 deaths Melbourne Football Club players Carlton Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players VFL/AFL players born in England Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Australian people of Welsh descent