The son of Arthur Henry Saunders Davies, he was born in Pembroke in January 1865.
[1] He played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1883, making a single appearance against Sussex at Hove.
[5] He was also a race horse trainer, an occupation outside of being a jockey which he undertook between 1888 and 1928, firstly from Weyhill in Hampshire, later relocating to Patching in Sussex.
[4] Davies retired in 1928 and died at his home in Patching in December 1934;[4] in March 1921, he changed his name to Henry Gwyn Davies-Scourfield.
[7] His son was the soldier Gris Davies-Scourfield, who notably escaped from Stalag XXI-D and Colditz during the Second World War.