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| Birth name | Harry Patrick Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | March 17, 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stockport, Cheshire [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 February 1979 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Ware, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Mantle manufacturer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry Patrick Davies (17 March 1903 – 21 February 1979), or also known as Pat Davies was a rugby union international who represented England in 1927. He played his club rugby for Sale and was the club's first England international. He also represented Cheshire 48 times.
Davies was born on 17 March 1903 in Stockport. His father was Henry George Davies, a costume manufacturer from London but of Welsh heritage, and his mother was Eleanor Marian Needham, also originally from London. Davies had two older brothers (John Henry and Thomas Esculapias) and a younger sister (Olive Mary). Despite being christened Harry Patrick, his family referred to him and registered him as Patrick Harry Davies in later documents and it was by this name that he married Aline Dorothy St. Clair Collins in 1927 in Birch in Rusholme. [2] During his later rugby playing days he was often referred to as P.H. Davies.
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