At the national level, she won 17 Australian championships in freestyle, backstroke and medley swimming.

She was well known after her swimming career as a long-time sporting journalist for the Melbourne newspapers The Argus and The Sun-News Pictorial.

[3] At international level, Davies concentrated on the backstroke, winning seven consecutive national titles from 1946 to 1952.

[2] Two years later at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Davies won three gold medals.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Davies switched to the 400-metre freestyle, but she disappointed, managing only ninth place.