Alec Davies | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Alec Davies |
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 HERITAGE NO : 714 This fellow was quick and although he played just four competitive matches for the Saints First Team, he scored seven tries. Furthermore, he scored a hat-trick in his first and last match for the club. A lad from Parr, born in August 1935, Alec Davies attended Allanson Street School, where he played football and cricket. It was only when he moved to secondary education at Parr Central that he started to play rugby league. Although he was extremely quick, he was quite a burly youngster and was once told to take up running to shed a little weight. A team-mate of Todder Dickinson at Central, who played stand off, Alec was a regular for the Town Team and was selected for Lancashire schoolboys on two occasions. He became a champion sprinter too, with his fastest schoolboy time 10.6 seconds for the 100 yards. At the age of 15, he joined the United Services junior rugby league team, which included the likes of Brian Howard, Walter Delves and Bill Boycott. He moved on to Pilkington Recs and ultimately signed for the Saints just a few days after another of his school mates, Frank Carlton, had signed professional forms for the club. Although the Saints fancied him as a forward in those early days, he did eventually play in his accustomed position on the flanks and kept up his athletics too, running for Earlestown Viaduct, with whom he won the Northern Counties relay championship. Alec remained a stalwart of the A team, but his progress was stifled by a troublesome shoulder injury, which put him out of the game for well over half a season. It is also worthy of note that there was a third Saints winger from Parr Central on Saints books at the time, Eric Ledger, competition for places in the mid 1950s was tough. He later joined Leeds but a detached retina effectively ended his rugby career and he resumed his job as a draughtsman. It was obvious that Alec Davies was a superb sportsman, with his marvellous turn of pace, but like Austin Rhodes he was also a gifted musician. He took violin lessons for almost ten years until he was 15 and actually was invited to join the orchestra at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool. Ultimately, he preferred to keep his job as an apprentice fitter at the time and play rugby league. Alec passed away in July 2014 in St Helens at the age of 78. |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1952~53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1954~55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955~56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS: | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1954~55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1955~56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS: | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 3rd Jan 1953 | 1 | W |
2 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 37 | 5 | 3 | VIEW | ||
| 7th Aug 1954 | -- | L |
2 | Barrow* | Fr Ward Cup | A | 17 | 31 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 18th Apr 1955 | 2 | L |
2 | Barrow | L | A | 3 | 26 | VIEW | |||
| 13th Aug 1955 | -- | L |
2 | Barrow* | Fr Ward Cup | H | 17 | 31 | 2 | 1 | VIEW | |
| 22nd Oct 1955 | 3 | W |
5 | Blackpool Borough | L | A | 36 | 4 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 16th Apr 1956 | 4 | W |
5 | Whitehaven | L | H | 22 | 7 | 3 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 3 | LOSSES : 3 | DRAWS : |
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