Idwal Davies (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Idwal Davies | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Ewloe Green, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 7 June 1980 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | South Africa | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1918 | Conway | ||
| 1919–1920 | Buckley United | ||
| 1920–1921 | Southport | 9 | (4) |
| 1921–1923 | Marine | ||
| 1923 | Rhyl | ||
| 1923–1924 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1924–1925 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
| 1925–1927 | Rhyl | ||
| "Welsh Dragons" | |||
| National team | |||
| 1923 | Wales | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Idwal Davies (17 August 1899 – 7 June 1980) was a Welsh amateur footballer who played as a centre-forward for various clubs in the 1920s including brief spells with Southport and Bolton Wanderers in the Football League. He also made six appearances in amateur internationals for Wales and one full international appearance against Scotland in 1923.
Davies was born in Ewloe Green, Flintshire, the son of a Presbyterian minister and educated at Abergele County School. During the First World War, he enlisted in the London Scottish Battalion and was later in the Gordon Highlanders, playing football for both regiments.
After he was demobbed, he joined Conway of the North Wales Coast League before returning to his place of birth with Buckley United, who were playing in the West Cheshire League. His performances with Buckley brought him to the attention of larger clubs, including West Bromwich Albion in 1919. Although Albion were keen to sign him, Davies was reluctant to travel to the West Midlands on a regular basis. At this time he was working in a bank, who transferred him to a branch in Southport where he joined the local club, who were then playing in the Football League Third Division North, in December 1920. He made nine appearances for Southport, scoring four goals, in the 1921–22 season.
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