Fred Davies was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL).

A New South Welshman

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Davies arrived at Fitzroy from Sydney

Sydney

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 club Eastern Suburbs

UNSW-Eastern Suburbs Bulldogs

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. Davies returned to the state at the end of the 1934 VFL season

1934 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1934.-Premiership season:In 1934, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...

, joining St George, a team he would both captain and coach. He had been captain of Fitzroy for most of 1934, promoted when original captain Jack Cashman

Jack Cashman

Jack Cashman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Carlton in the Victorian Football League .Cashman was used during his career mostly as a ruckman and forward...

 moved to Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

after the opening two rounds.