Reginald Davies (footballer, born 1897)

Reginald Davies

Davies while with Brentford in 1928.
Personal information
Full name	Reginald Davies
Date of birth	(1897-09-30)30 September 1897
Place of birth	Stanton Hill, England
Date of death	7 January 1977(1977-01-07) (aged 79)
Place of death	Sutton-in-Ashfield, England
Playing position	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Sutton Town
1922–1927	Portsmouth	201	(3)
1928–1932	Brentford	116	(0)
1932	Mansfield Town	18
Total		335
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Reginald Davies (30 September 1897 – 7 January 1977) was an English professional football wing half who made over 330 appearances in the Football League for Portsmouth, Brentford and Mansfield Town.

A wing half, Davies began his career in non-league football with local side Sutton Town.

Davies began his league career at Division Three South side Portsmouth, captaining the side which rose from the basement to Division One in four seasons. He departed Fratton Park in the summer of 1927, after making 216 appearances and scoring three goals for Pompey.

Aged almost 30, Davies dropped back down to the Division Three South to sign for Brentford in the summer of 1927 for a £250 fee. Despite his age, he was a virtual ever-present for the team at wing half and played in all 42 league games of the 1929–30 season, when the Bees won all 21 home games at Griffin Park to set a record which has never been equalled. He dropped down into the reserves in 1931, helping the side win the 1931–32 London Combination. Davies left the Bees in the summer of 1932, having made 123 appearances for the club.