Robin Davies (rugby union)
| Full name | Robin Harvard Davies | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 January 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Battersea, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 October 2011 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Penarth, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King's College School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Robin Harvard Davies (12 January 1934 — 7 October 2011) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born and raised in London, Davies was educated at King's College School in the city's Wimbledon district and gained three rugby blues while a chemistry student at the University of Oxford.[1]
Davies gained six Wales caps playing as a wing-forward between 1957 and 1962, which included their win over the touring 1957–58 Wallabies at Cardiff Arms Park.[2] He toured South Africa with the Barbarians in 1958 and took over as captain of his club London Welsh in the 1959–60 season.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Robin Harvard Davies". Barbarians.
- ^ "Wales in a second half recovery". Birmingham Evening Mail. 4 January 1958.
- ^ "Mistaken loyalty?". Western Mail. 31 August 1959.
External links
[edit]- Robin Davies at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2011 deaths
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Wandsworth
- People from Battersea
- London Welsh RFC players
- Oxford University RFC players
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- People educated at King's College School, London
- English people of Welsh descent
- Barbarian F.C. players