Haydn Davies (rugby union)
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
| Full name | Hayden John Davies | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 November 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cowbridge, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 December 2017 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Cowbridge Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Chartered accountan | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Hayden John Davies (21 November 1935 — 22 December 2017) was a Welsh international rugby union player.[1]
Early life[edit]
Raised in Cowbridge, Davies attended Cowbridge Grammar School, where his abilities in cricket and rugby union earned him Welsh Schools representative honours for both sports. He read law and economics at the University of Cambridge.[2]
Rugby career[edit]
Davies played for Aberavon and was a centre partner to Geoff Windsor-Lewis in the Cambridge University XV, winning a blue in the 1958 Varsity match.[3] He was capped twice by Wales in 1959, against England at Arms Park and Scotland at Murrayfield. After graduating from Cambridge, Davies was based in London and competed with the London Welsh club. He won an international recall for the 1964 Wales rugby union tour of Africa, but didn't add to his caps.[2]
Personal life[edit]
A chartered accountant, Davies worked for Clive Lewis and Co, surveyors.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Bryn Thomas's Sporting Chatter". Neath Guardian. 16 January 1959.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Haydn Davies". Welsh Rugby Union. 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Pen pictures". Western Mail. 17 January 1959.