Billy Davies (Welsh footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Charles Davies | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Rhayader, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1960 | ||
| Playing position | Outside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Rhayader | ||
| – | Llandrindod | ||
| – | Knighton | ||
| 1903–1905 | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| 1905–1907 | Stoke | 16 | (1) |
| 1907–1908 | Crystal Palace | 32 | (3) |
| 1908–1910 | West Bromwich Albion | 53 | (4) |
| 1910–1915 | Crystal Palace | 162 | (18) |
| Total | 262 | (26) | |
| National team | |||
| 1908–1914 | Wales | 4 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
William C "Billy" Davies (1883 – 1960)[1] was a Welsh international footballer who played as an outside forward.[2]
Career
Davies was born in Rhayader[3] and played for Rhayader, Llandrindod, Knighton and Shrewsbury Town before he joined Stoke in 1905. He played 17 times for Stoke in two seasons scoring once against Preston North End on the final day of the 1906–07 which saw Stoke suffer relegation. He then spent a season with Crystal Palace before playing over 50 matches for West Bromwich Albion. He returned to Palace in 1910 and went on to play 162 times in five years.[4]
He was capped on four occasions by the Wales national football team.[2] His first cap came in March 1908[3] when he became Crystal Palace's first current international player.[3]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1905–06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1906–07 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1907–08 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1908–09 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 1909–10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Crystal Palace[3] | 1910–15 | 162 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 173 | 19 |
| Career Total | 263 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 280 | 28 | |
References
- ↑ Ian King. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. The Derby Books Publishing Company. p. 534. ISBN 9781780910468.
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- 1 2 3 4 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 70. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ All-time Crystal Palace player appearances