[2] In the early days of Wrexham Football Club, the teams would field as many as 16 players with the goal-posts being connected by a tape.
[1] In February 1876, he took part in trials organised by Llewelyn Kenrick to select Welsh players to represent their country in a match against Scotland.
[5] The return match came on 5 March 1877 at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, with Davies playing on the right;[6] the Scots were again victorious, winning 2–0.
[9] The match was a cliffhanger, with no score until the Wrexham forwards charged the Druids' defenders to take the ball over the line to win the game in the final minute, with Davies elder brother, James, being credited with the goal.
[1] Davies was employed as a stonemason in the family business and died of a chest complaint in April 1891, aged 40.