Jenkin Alban Davies

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Jenkin Alban Davies


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birthname = Jenkin Alban Davies
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birthyear = 1885
birthmonth = 09
birthday = 05
placeofbirth = Aberaeron, England
deathyear = 1976
deathmonth = 07
deathday = 18
placeofdeath = Los Angeles, United States
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ru_position = Forward
ru_amateuryears = ?
1910–1913
1913–1914
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ru_amateurclubs = Oxford University RFC
Swansea RFC
Llanelli RFC
London Welsh RFC
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ru_nationalteam = flagicon|WAL Wales
ru_nationalyears = 1913-1914 [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=25892&includeref=dynamic WRU player profile] ]
ru_nationalcaps = 7
ru_nationalpoints = (6)
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occupation = vicar
schoolmaster
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university = Jesus College, Oxford
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Jenkin Alban Davies (5 September 1885 – 18 July 1976) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Life

Davies was born in Aberaeron.cite web| url=http://www.swansearfc.co.uk/history_browser_view.php?image_id=473| title=Davies, Alban Rev |publisher=Swansea RFC |accessdate=2008-05-12] He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford but did not win a "Blue".cite book|last=Baker|first=J. N. L.|authorlink=J. N. L. Baker| title=Jesus College, Oxford 1571–1971|publisher=Oxonian Press Ltd|location=London|date=1971|pages=112|isbn=0950216402] He first played for Swansea RFC in 1910. Davies played for the Wales national rugby union team on seven occasions in the Five Nations Championship. He made his debut on 1 February 1913 against Scotland and later that month played against France scoring his first international try. In the following year, he played in all four matches (against England, Scotland, France and Ireland), scoring a try in the match against France. [cite web|url=http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=25892&includeref=dynamic |title=Alban Davies|work=WRU Searchable Player Archive| publisher=Welsh Rugby Union|accessdate=2008-05-12] He captained the "Terrible Eight" against Ireland in 1914, but was playing for Llanelli RFC by this time. During the First World War, Davies served as a chaplain with the Royal Field Artillery. He was appointed vicar of Hook in 1924, [LondonGazette|issue=32995|startpage=8415|date=21 November 1924|accessdate=2008-05-12] succeeding another Welsh rugby international, William Thomas Havard. Davies was also a schoolmaster. He died on 18 July 1976 in Los Angeles.

International matches played
* England 1914
* Frace 1913, 1914
* Ireland 1913, 1914
* Scotland 1913, 1914

External links

* [http://www.swansearfc.co.uk/history_browser_view.php?image_id=473 Profile of Davies, with photograph, on the Swansea RFC website]

References