and being on the losing team in all of them was an unwanted record that Davies held until Paul Loughlin played in five losing finals in the 1980s and 1990s. International honours At international level Davies won four caps for Wales (RL) from 1928 to 1935 while at Warrington. He also appeared once for the Other Nationalities (RL) in a 35–19 victory over England at Thrum Hall, Halifax in 1930, a game in which he scored two tries as well as three appearances for the Rugby League XIII between 1929 and 1934. Appearances for Great Britain eluded him. He played in two trial matches for the 1932 tour to Australia and New Zealand but he was not picked for the touring squad. County honours David Davies played in Glamorgan's 18-14 victory over Monmouthshire in the non-County Championship match during the 1926–27 season at Taff Vale Park, Pontypridd on Saturday 30 April 1927. Davies made five appearances for the Glamorgan, later Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, county teams in the County Championship and one game for the county against Australia. Later life Having left school aged 14, Davies had started his working career in the collieries of his native South Wales and throughout his rugby career held other jobs to supplement his rugby payments. After leaving the game during the Second World War he returned to Wales and resumed a career as a pitman. After the war he ran a public house in Warrington while also working as part of the Warrington club's coaching staff. A final return to Wales in 1952 followed and for the remainder of his working life he worked in the pits. Davies married Katie Rees (1909–1985) in 1932 and they had two children. Dai Davies died in 1992, aged 89. References Notes Sources External links 1937 - A Year To Remember Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk 1902 births 1992 deaths Broughton Rangers players Glamorgan and Monmouthshire rugby league team players Glamorgan rugby league team players Huddersfield Giants players Keighley Cougars captains Keighley Cougars players Neath RFC players Rugby union players from Ammanford Rugby league players from Carmarthenshire Place of death missing Publicans Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Neath Port Talbot Rugby League XIII players Rugby union players from Neath Port Talbot Wales national rugby league team players Warrington Wolves players Welsh miners Welsh rugby league players Welsh rugby union players