Wattie Davies

{{short description|Welsh rugby league and union footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

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|name = Wattie Davies

|fullname = Wharton Peers Davies

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|birth_date = 10 November 18731939 England and Wales Register

|birth_place = Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1961|6|5|1873|11|10}}

|death_place = Spen Valley district, England

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|weight = {{convert|11|st|6|lb|kg lb|abbr=on}}

|ru_position = Fullback

|ru_club1 = Cardiff Northern RFC

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|ru_year1end = ≥93

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|ru_club2 = Cardiff RFC

|ru_year2start = 1893

|ru_year2end = 96

|ru_appearances2 = 17

|ru_tries2 = 7

|ru_goals2 = 0

|ru_fieldgoals2 = 0

|ru_points2 = 21

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|position = {{rlp|WG|CE}}

|club1 = Batley

|year1start = 1896

|year1end = 12

|appearances1 = 421

|tries1 = 123

|goals1 = 463

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|points1 = 1297

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|yearAstart = 1897

|yearAend = 08

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|pointsA = 50

|teamB = Yorkshire trials

|yearBstart = 1897

|yearBend = 08

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|updated = 30 September 2020

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/wp-davies/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}

}}Gone North Volume 1 by Robert Gate page 25 {{ISBN|0951119001}}History of Rugby League 1901-02 page 6 published by Irvin Saxton

Wharton "Wattie" Peers Davies (10 November 1873 – 5 June 1961{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=4v3w7l5R%2FHsmg7b1hu%2Fn4w&scan=1|title=Death details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff and District XV, and at club level for (the now defunct) Cardiff Northern RFC and Cardiff RFC, as a fullback, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Batley, as a three-quarter, i.e. {{rlp|wg}}, or {{rlp|ce}}. Davies still holds Batley's career appearance, goal, and point records,[http://www.batleybulldogs.co.uk/index.php/club/club-records Batley Bulldogs Club Records] and is one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1,000 points in their rugby league careers.Robert Gate (1988). Gone North - Volume 2. {{ISBN|0-9511190-3-6}}

Wattie Davies made his début for Batley against Huddersfield at Mount Pleasant, Batley on Saturday 10 October 1896.

Davies played on the {{rlp|wg}}, and unusually missed two conversions in Batley's 10-3 victory over St. Helens in the final of the 1897 Challenge Cup at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 24 April 1897, in front of a crowd of 13,492, played on the {{rlp|wg}}, and scored a drop goal in Batley's 7-0 victory over Bradford F.C. in the final of the 1898 Challenge Cup at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 23 April 1898, in front of a crowd of 27,941, played on the {{rlp|wg}}, and scored a try in the 6-0 victory over Warrington in the final of the 1901 Challenge Cup at Headingley, Leeds, in front of a crowd of 29,563.Les Hoole (1998). The Rugby League Challenge Cup - An Illustrated History. {{ISBN|1859830943}}, {{ISBN|978-1859830949}} Davies represented Yorkshire while at Batley, and scored five conversions against Durham at Belle Vue, Wakefield during November 1903.C. F. Shaw (7 November 1903). Black & White Illustrated Budget Page-171 - Yorkshire's Champion Goal Kicker. ISBN n/a and played at {{rlp|ce}} in the 0-21 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1909–10 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1909–10 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 27 November 1909, in front of a crowd of 22,000.

Davies later worked as an insurance agent. He died aged 87 in Spen Valley district, West Riding of Yorkshire.