| Full name | Robin Harvard Davies | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1934-01-12)12 January 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Battersea, London, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 October 2011(2011-10-07) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Penarth, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | King's College School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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Robin Harvard Davies (12 January 1934 — 7 October 2011) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born and raised in London, Davies was educated at King's College School in the city's Wimbledon district and gained three rugby blues while a chemistry student at the University of Oxford.
Davies gained six Wales caps playing as a wing-forward between 1957 and 1962, which included their win over the touring 1957–58 Wallabies at Cardiff Arms Park. He toured South Africa with the Barbarians in 1958 and took over as captain of his club London Welsh in the 1959–60 season.
See also
References
- "Robin Harvard Davies". Barbarians.
- "Wales in a second half recovery". Birmingham Evening Mail. 4 January 1958.
- "Mistaken loyalty?". Western Mail. 31 August 1959.
External links
- Robin Davies at ESPNscrum
- 1934 births
- 2011 deaths
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Wandsworth
- People from Battersea
- London Welsh RFC players
- Oxford University RFC players
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- People educated at King's College School, London
- English people of Welsh descent
- Barbarian F.C. players