Gordon Davis (rugby union)
| Full name | Gordon Walter Grey Davis | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1925 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auburn, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 July 1999 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Clarrie Davis (brother) Tom Davis (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Walter Grey Davis (19 June 1925 – 22 July 1999) was an Australian rugby union international.
Born and raised in Sydney, Davis was the nephew of 1920s Test prop Tom Davis. His younger brother Clarrie was capped four times for the Wallabies as a winger.[1] He attended Chatswood Junior High School.[2]
Davis, a centre three quarter, played his immediate post war rugby with Manly and made his New South Wales representative debut in 1948.[3][4] He moved to the town of Yeoval in 1952 and two years later toured New Zealand with NSW Country, scoring 10 tries from 10 matches. Further New South Wales representative appearances came in 1955 and he formed a good combination with Wallabies centre Jim Phipps. He was subsequently named in the squad for the 1955 tour of New Zealand, where he was capped in the 2nd and 3rd Tests, the latter in a rare win at Eden Park.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "He's Tackling Dairying". Brisbane Telegraph. 22 January 1950. p. 26 (Morning) – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Gordon Walter Grey Davis". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Davis Rumor Stirs R'wick". The Daily Mirror. 10 September 1948. p. 13 (Late Final Extra) – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Davis Country Captain". Illawarra Daily Mercury. 24 April 1953. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]- Gordon Davis at ESPNscrum