Wales had just returned from a year out of international rugby due to the Gould Affair and Davies was one of five new caps brought into a vastly changed pack to face Ireland.
Davies was one of only two Swansea players in the squad, along with the Wales captain Billy Bancroft, with Cardiff providing almost half the team.
In took another three seasons for Davies to be reselected for Wales again, but in the second Welsh match of the 1901 Championship, he was brought into the pack as a replacement for Pontymister's William Willams.
Although the team had won the opening game of the tournament against England, doubts were raised in the press over the cohesion of the Welsh pack, and this proved founded when Wales collapsed towards the end of the match to allow a Scottish victory.
Davies played in one more match for Wales, in the final game of the 1901 season, facing Ireland at his club's ground, St. Helen's.