Robert Davies (footballer, born 1876)

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Bob Davies
Personal information
Date of birth 1876
Place of birth Bolton, Lancashire, England
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Tonge Lower End
Haugh Albion
Bolton Lads Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
189?–1895 Halliwell Rovers ?? (??)
1895–1899 Bolton Wanderers 29 (0)
1899–1900 Bedminster 30 (5)
1900–1903 Bristol City 77 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert H. Davies (born 1876) was an English footballer who played as a left back. He made 65 Football League appearances and 60 Southern League appearances in the years before the First World War.[1]

Career[edit]

Bob Davies played locally for Tonge Lower End, Haugh Albion and Halliwell Rovers.[2] Davies joined Bolton Wanderers in July 1895 from Halliwell Rovers to play for four seasons in Division One but only in the final season as a regular for Bolton Wanderers.[2] Davies moved south to play with Bedminster in the Southern League. When Bedminster merged with Bristol City in the summer of 1900, Davies stayed with the merged club. Davies played one season in the Southern League with Bristol City and then the following two seasons in Division Two as City were elected to the Football League.[3]

Honours[edit]

with Bristol City

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ a b Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  3. ^ Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.


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