Billy Davies (Welsh footballer)

William Charles Davies (28 February 1881 – 18 August 1962)[1] was a Welsh international footballer who played as an outside forward for Crystal Palace, Shrewsbury Town, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and the Wales national team.[2]

Billy Davies

Davies with Crystal Palace in 1914.
Personal information
Full name	William Charles Davies
Date of birth	28 February 1881
Place of birth	Newtown, Wales
Date of death	18 August 1962 (aged 81)
Position(s)	Outside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1900	Rhayader
1901	Llandrindod
1902	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	173	(23)
Total		277	(28)
National team
1908–1914	Wales	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Davies was born in Newtown[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

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1905–06	First Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1906–07	First Division	12	1	1	0	13	1
Crystal Palace	1907–08	Southern League	35	4	0	0	35	4
West Bromwich Albion	1908–09	Second Division	33	3	2	0	35	3
	1909–10	Second Division	20	1	1	0	21	1
Crystal Palace[3]	1910–11	Southern League	32	3	0	0	32	3
	1911–12	Southern League	35	6	0	0	35	6
	1912–13	Southern League	37	3	0	0	37	3
	1913–14	Southern League	35	5	0	0	35	5
	1914–15	Southern League	34	2	0	0	34	2
	Total		173	19	0	0	173	19
Career Total			277	28	4	0	281	28

International

Source:[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Wales	1908	1	0
	1909	1	0
	1910	1	0
	1914	1	0
Total		4	0

References

1. Ian King (April 2012). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. The Derby Books Publishing Company. p. 534. ISBN 9781780910468.
2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
3. Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 70. ISBN 0907969542.
4. All-time Crystal Palace player appearances
5. Davies, Billy at National-Football-Teams.com