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Harry
Davis |
The Wednesday Club
3 appearances,
1 debut goal
P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F 7:
A 3
67% successful
1903-04
captain: none
minutes played: c.270 |
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Timeline |
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Harry Davis |
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Birth |
Saturday, 8 November 1879 in Wombwell, near Barnsley,
West Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Barnsley October-December 1879 |
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According to the 1881 census,
Harry is the youngest of six children to Elisha and Eliza (née
Cliff). They board with
the Berry's at 2 Pearsons Field in Wombwell. His father is a coal miner. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Harry has two younger siblings, They live at 19 Cemetery Road in Wombwell
in Barnsley. His father is a coal miner.
Harry will go on to be one
of ten children; five sons and five daughters. His parents will also
become the first caretakers of Wombwell Town Hall. |
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Marriage |
to Florence
Ogley, Sunday, 25 December 1898 in St Peter's Church, Barnsley, West
Riding of Yorkshire. They were both living in Waltham Street in the
town at the time, Harry at no.31, Florence at Field House, at the back of
Waltham Street. |
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registered in Barnsley October-December 1898 |
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Children |
Harry and Flo
Davis had seven children together. Clare (b.January 1899), Lewis
(b.18 March 1901), Stanley (b.4 December 1904), Harry (b.September 1908),
Dorothy (b.11 November 1910), Kathleen (b.September 1917) and Bernard
(b.February 1919). |
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By the time of Clara's
baptism, 15 November 1899, they were living at 5 Blenheim Road.
According to the 1901 census,
Harry is now a professional footballer married to Florence, with two
children, Clare and Lewis. They live at 27 Vere Road. In fact, his
back yard overlooked Owlerton stadium, in Ecclesfield area of
Sheffield.
His mother died in Wombwell on 28 September 1908,
following a paralytic seizure from which she never recovered. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Harry is still married with three more children, Stanley, Harry and
Dorothy. He is now a publican, at The Duke Inn, 11 Matilda Street in Sheffield.
Taking over the tenancy left by
Willie Foulkes. |
"HARRY DAVIS'S EFFORTS TO JOIN THE ARMY.
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UNDERGOES AN OPERATION
"Harry
Davis, the ex-Internationalist and Wednesday player, yesterday enlisted in
the Hallamshire Rifles. It will be remembered that dome months ago Davis
joined the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, but after about three
months' soldiering he had to take his discharge in consequence of an
injured knee. He has, however, had the cartilage removed, and is now
pronounced by the doctor to be in splendid condition." -
Sheffield Daily Telegraph,
Thursday, 25 February 1915 |
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His father
died in Wombwell on 7 January 1921
According to the
1921 census, Harry, now a labourer in the steelworks (Daniel Doncaster &
sons), is still married and they have two more children, Kathleen and
Bernard, and with their four older siblings, they live at 513 Penistone
Road in the Hillfoot area of Ecclesall. |
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According to the 1939
register, Harry and Florence are still married and are still living at 513 Penistone
Road. He is a newsagent. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 17 October 1945
at 513 Penistone Road, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. |
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aged
65 years 343 days |
registered in Sheffield October-December 1945 |
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Funeral |
October 1945 at
Wisewood Cemetery, Loxley Road in Sheffield |
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Probate |
"DAVIS
Harry of 513 Penistone-road
Sheffield 6
died 17 October 1945 Administration
Wakefield
10 January to Florence Davis widow. Effects £710 1s. 4d." [2024 equivalent £25,129] |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started his
junior career with Ardsley Parish FC as a fifteen year old in 1895 before joining Barnsley FC
for £5 in 1897. He joined
The Wednesday FC on 23 January 1900 for £200 plus William Simmons. He broke
his thumb in October 1902... |
"HARRY DAVIS SUSPENDED.
"The Sheffield Wednesday Club have received
information from the Football Association that their outside right, Harry
Davis, has been suspended for 14 days commencing from [2 December].
This will prevent Davis playing against Notts County to-day and Sheffield
United next Saturday. It may be remembered that Davis was ordered off the
field by the referee for striking an opponent in the match with Everton at
Owlerton on November 12." - Evening Telegraph,
3 December 1904 |
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...he broke his
leg on 27 February 1907 in a cup tie with Sunderland AFC and never played
senior football again. |
League honours
262 appearances 79 goals
1 red card |
Barnsley FC 1897-1900
49 appearances, 21 goals
debut (division two): 1 September 1898 Lincoln
City FC 1 Barnsley FC 0.
The Wednesday FC
1900-07, 213 appearances, 58 goals.
debut (division two): 3 February
1900 Newton Heath FC 1 The Wednesday FC 0.
last: 16 February 1907 The
Wednesday FC 2
Liverpool FC 3. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division
Two winners 1899-1900 (14ᵃ 7ᵍ); Division One
Champions 1902-03 (26ᵃ 13ᵍ), 1903-04 (32ᵃ 5ᵍ);
third place 1905-06 (37ᵃ 5ᵍ);
FA Cup semi-finalists
1903-04 (6ᵃ 5ᵍ), 1904-05 (5ᵃ 2ᵍ), winners 1906-07 (4ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Father of Stanley
Davis (West Bromwich Albion FC 1925) |
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Height/Weight |
5'
4", 11st.
10lbs [1903]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven
who became the 278th player
(281) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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First match |
No. 77, 14 February 1903,
England 4 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Molineux,
Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 23
years 98 days.
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Last match |
No. 79, 4 April 1903, England 1 Scotland
2, a British Championship match at Bramall
Lane, Highfield, Sheffield, aged 23 years 147 days.
(injured off) |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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After retiring, he remained with
Wednesday who became the their assistant trainer. Later became a Sheffield
newsagent. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.84. |
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