Doug Davies (rugby union)
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Douglas "Doug" S. Davies (July 23, 1899, Ashkirk
, Scottish Borders
-March 9, 1987, Peel, Isle of Man) was a Scottish international rugby union
player, who played for and the Lions
at number 8.
He was capped 24 times for Scotland.
He also played for Hawick RFC
.
He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa
.
Ashkirk
Ashkirk is a small village on the Ale Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located in the former Selkirkshire, on the A7 road, approximately 6 miles each way between Selkirk to the north and Hawick to the south....
, Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
-March 9, 1987, Peel, Isle of Man) was a Scottish international rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player, who played for and the Lions
British and Irish Lions
The British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
at number 8.
He was capped 24 times for Scotland.
He also played for Hawick RFC
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
.
He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa
1924 British Lions tour to South Africa
The 1924 British Isles tour to South Africa was the tenth tour by a British Isles team and the fifth to South Africa. The tour is retrospectively classed as one of the British Lions tours, as the Lions naming convention was not adopted until 1950...
.
External links
- player profile on scrum.com