Robert George Davies was a footballer who played as an inside right in the English Football League for Port Vale and then Torquay United in the early 1930s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert George Davies[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Oswestry, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stoke City | |||
| Stoke St.Peter's | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931–1934 | Port Vale | 7 | (0) |
| 1934–1936 | Torquay United | 5 | (1) |
| Total | 12 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Davies played for Stoke City and Stoke St.Peter's before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1931, turning professional in August 1932.[3] He played five Second Division games in 1932–33 and two games in 1933–34, before leaving The Old Recreation Ground on a free transfer in May 1934.[3] He moved on to Torquay United, and made five Third Division South appearances for Torquay, scoring one goal, with his last appearance coming in the 1935–36 season.[2]
Career statistics edit
Source:[4]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale | 1932–33 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1933–34 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Torquay United | 1934–35 | Third Division South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1935–36 | Third Division South | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
References edit
- ^ a b "Port Vale Player". Staffordshire Sentinel. 23 July 1932. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 80. ISBN 0952915200.
- ^ Robert G. Davies at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)