Joseph E. Davies (12 July 1864 – 7 October 1943) was a Welsh footballer who played at half-back for Newton Heath and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
He immediately became a key member of the side which reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, going out to Blackburn Olympic in February 1883.
He made his competitive debut for the club in their first ever FA Cup match against Fleetwood Rangers on 30 October 1886, playing at centre-half.
[1] In August 1890, he was transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers of the First Division, where he made his debut on 15 September 1890 in a 4–2 win at Sunderland.
He retired from football in 1895 at the age of 31 and became a farmer, keeping a butcher's shop in Cefn Mawr until his death there in October 1943.