Pat Davies (rugby union)

Davies was born on 17 March 1903 in Stockport. His father was Henry George Davies, a costume manufacturer from London but of Welsh heritage, and his mother was Eleanor Marian Needham, also originally from London. Davies had two older brothers (John Henry and Thomas Esculapias) and a younger sister (Olive Mary). Despite being christened Harry Patrick, his family referred to him and registered him as Patrick Harry Davies in later documents and it was by this name that he married Aline Dorothy St. Clair Collins in 1927 in Birch in Rusholme.^[2] During his later rugby playing days he was often referred to as P.H. Davies.

Davies played his club rugby for Sale, now known as Sale Sharks. He selected to play for his county side, Cheshire, on 48 occasions.^[3] He went on to become president of Sale in their centenary year of 1961, and prior to that was President of the Cheshire RFU from 1958 to 1960.^[3] Davies made his only international appearance on 12 February 1927 at Twickenham in front of 45,000 spectators in the England vs Ireland match.^[1] During the match, Ireland initially took the lead with a penalty until Davies pounced on an Irish error to put H C C Laird, the Harlequins stand-off half, over for a try which was then converted by Stanbury. Ireland later regained the lead with a try only for England to wrestle the lead back again, eventually winning 8 points to 6.^[4]