Robert G. Davies

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Robert Davies
Personal information
Full name Robert George Davies[1]
Place of birth Oswestry, England[2]
Height 5 ft 7+12 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

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b "Port Vale Player". Staffordshire Sentinel. 23 July 1932. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 80. ISBN 0952915200.
  4. ^ Robert G. Davies at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)