27 Facts About Len Davies

Leonard Stephen Davies was a Welsh professional footballer.

Cardiff joined the Football League the following year but Len Davies remained a reserve until establishing himself in the first team in late 1922.

Len Davies scored Cardiff's first hat-trick in the Football League in January 1922 and was the club's top scorer in all competitions during the campaign.

Len Davies helped the club reach the 1925 FA Cup Final but missed the game due to injury.

Len Davies remains the record goalscorer for Cardiff City in both league and all competitions having scored 179 goals for the club between 1919 and 1931.

Len Davies later played a single season for Thames before finishing his career with Bangor City.

Len Davies represented Wales at international level 23 times during his career, scoring 6 goals.

Len Davies trained as a marine engineer in his teens and spent time at sea.

Len Davies played cricket at youth level for Glamorgan County Cricket Club.

Len Davies began his football career with local youth side Victoria Athletic and represented Wales at youth level in 1913 against England at Penydarren Park.

Cardiff joined the Second Division of the Football League in 1920, but Len Davies played only three times during the league season.

Len Davies scored in his next two appearances and remained a regular in the first team for the remainder of the campaign.

Len Davies was prolific in the Welsh Cup, scoring four times against Newport County in the third round and adding a hat-trick against Merthyr Town in the fourth.

Len Davies finished the season as Cardiff's second highest scorer in the First Division with 17,3 short of Jimmy Gill, but his scoring exploits in the FA Cup and Welsh Cup saw him out score Gill in all competitions.

Len Davies went on to finish the campaign as the club's top goalscorer having scored 23 times in the league, a career high tally.

Len Davies instead stepped in to take the first penalty of his senior career.

Under ordinary circumstances it would have been a gift goal, but Len Davies muffed the kick and the ball rolled gently to the goalkeeper, who calmly gathered and made an easy clearance.

Len Davies's side went on to suffer defeat against Sheffield United.

The signing of Hughie Ferguson in 1925 led to Len Davies being moved to an inside forward role and his scoring record fell as a result.

Len Davies remained with Cardiff until 1931, one year after finishing as the club's top scorer for the fifth time in the Football League.

Len Davies missed the majority of his final season after undergoing surgery for appendicitis, before being released alongside Keenor.

Len Davies remains the club's highest scorer with 179 goals in all competitions and holds the club record for the most hat-tricks, scoring eight during his time in Cardiff.

Len Davies instead joined fellow Third Division South Side Thames.

In 1929, Len Davies was named in a Football Association of Wales XI that toured Canada.

Len Davies was a prolific scorer during the tour, including scoring seven times in a single game during a match against a Lower Mainland XI.

In total, Len Davies played 23 times for the Welsh national side, scoring six times and helping Wales to Home Championship titles in 1924 and 1928.

Len Davies met his future wife, Gwendoline Stroud, through his playing career as she was a fervent supporter of Cardiff.