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    William "Tinker" Davies

    Surname Davies
    Forename(s) William "Tinker"
    Position(s) Centre Forward
    Attributes

    5'7.5" 11st.
    b. Wrexham 13 April 1882
    d. Preston 21 January 1966
     

    Career

    Debut  2 September 1905 (23y 142d) Final Game 27 April 1912 (30y 14d)
    First Goal 9 September 1905 Final Goal 21 October 1911
    CAREER: Wrexham National School;Wrexham St Giles;Wrexham Victoria;Wrexham '02;Blackburn Rovers Apr'05-May'13 (£150);Grangetown.
    INTERNATIONALS   Wales 9 apps 5 gls
    ’08 v Sco,Eng 1gl.’09 v Sco 2gls,Eng,Ire.’11 v Ire 1gl,Sco,Eng,’12 v Ire 1gl.
    HONOURS FL Ch (Blackburn Rovers) ’12.Welsh Cp win (Wrexham) ’03.
     

    Playing Statistics

    FL          132 apps 67 gls   4g 2
    FAC         11 apps   3 gls
    Total     143 apps 70 gls
    Penalty record   T 1 Sv 1
    Strike rate  184 mins
    LC         17 apps 19 gls 3g 2 et 60m
    War time
    L            1 app
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    Summary

    At the age of 17 Davies became the sole  support of a family of seven. The 14/6d per week he earned in an engineering works was insufficient and so he took to the roads selling  pots and pans which earned him his nickname. Fearless  and ruthless on the football field  he launched his small frame and terrorised goalkeepers with his shoulder charges. He scored striker's goals, nipping in to dangerous areas  close to goal but also goals for the connoisseur where he ran from deep beating man after man. Once asked  to repeat a startling goal for the benefit of the new movie camera he obliged until walking  the ball into the net he trod on the ball and fell. A business man from an early age he was for twenty years a partner to Bob Crompton. In March 1917 he returned on leave from service with the Mechanical Transport Corps in Malta to marry Edith Cotton, the niece of the Rovers' chairman having already commenced  work in the family cotton business.

    Edited by Kamy100




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