over Salford in the 1900 Challenge Cup Final during the 1899–1900 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester. County Cup final appearance Davies played, and was captain, in Swinton's 3–4 defeat by Oldham in the 1910 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 3 December 1910. Bolton Wanderers Davies joined Bolton Wanderers of the Football League First Division in the summer of 1902, having only attended one Association Football match and never having handled an association ball. Davies was a "tough individual" and in a contemporaneous report it was claimed that he "excelled in the dangerous and difficult task of diving headlong at an incoming forward's feet and whisking the ball away as he curled up and rolled to safety". A later report said that "in his indifference to cuts and bruises he was characteristic of the age he was playing in". At the end of Davies' first season with the Burnden Park club, they were relegated to the Second Division. A year later, in April 1904, Davies played in goal in Bolton's 0–1 defeat by Manchester City in the FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace, London. Despite being on the losing side, Davies "had a good match" and made a number of fine saves; he was only beaten once, by fellow Welsh international, Billy Meredith. Bolton returned to the First Division in 1905 for three years, before spending 1908–09 back in the Second Division. In 1909, they again returned to the top flight as Second Division champions, but were again relegated in 1910; by then, however, Davies had brought his soccer career to an end, returning to Rugby League with Swinton in December 1909. Family Davies was the brother of the Swinton rugby league footballer, Daniel "Dan" Davies. Outside of sport Davies retired from rugby age 33, and served with his brother in "E" Company (known as the Swinton Pals) of the 2nd Salford battalion, the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I, spending time in a French hospital due to an illness unrelated to the fighting. Davies organised the sporting activities for the 'Swinton Pals' at their First World War training camp in North Wales. After the war Davies assisted Swinton Park ARLFC. Honours Swinton Challenge Cup winners: 1900 Lancashire County Cup Finalist: 1911 Bolton Wanderers FA Cup Finalists: 1904 Football League Second Division champions: 1908–09 Football League Second Division runners-up: 1904–05