[10] Davies' final senior match was in February 1899, when, aged 52, he captained the Southern Tasmania Cricket Association against the touring New Zealanders.

In a team including Test players Charles Eady and Kenny Burn, Davies made 65.

[11] In recognition of his role in Tasmanian cricket, Davies was made an honorary life member of the Tasmanian Cricket Association in 1907,[12] the name of the road leading to the entrance of the TCA Ground was named Davies Avenue in his honour[13] and the Sir George Davies Memorial Cup is played for by year nine and ten high school cricketers in southern Tasmania.

[14] Davies was also involved in other sports, including Australian rules football, where he served as a senior administrator, horse racing (as an owner)[15] and rifle shooting, holding office in Tasmanian and National Rifle Associations for many years, culminating in his captaining of the Australian team which won the Kolapore Cup at Bisley, England, in 1902.

[18] In 1871 Davies and his brother took over the company from their father and established The Mercury as Tasmania's preeminent newspaper and started the weekly Tasmanian Mail in 1877.

[15] Politically conservative, Davies was first elected to the Electoral district of Fingal in the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 27 August 1884,[20] and was still serving in parliament at his death, switching to in the newly formed division of Denison in 1909.

[23] Davies married twice, the first to Sarah Ann Pearce on 27 January 1869 at St John's Church of England, New Town, with whom he had seven children.