JY078

Object ID: JY078
Type: Jersey
Rights Holder: CIC
Provenance: Claude Davey
Season: 1935-1936
Description: Jersey, Wales, 1936. Red with P.O.W. feathers on breast, black armband on left sleeve and black "D" on white rectangle on back.
Info: This is Swansea and Wales centre Claude Davey's jersey from the international against Scotland at Murrayfield on 1st February 1936. Letters replaced numbers on Welsh jerseys for a period in the 1930s. The backs were given 'A' to 'G' corresponding to 15 to 9. Forwards were given 'H' to 'O' corresponding to 1 to 8. Davey was Welsh captain and both teams wore black armbands to mark the death of King George V (20th January). Wales won the match by 13 - 3 and Claude Davey was joined in the Welsh side by Idwal Rees, Haydn Tanner and Eddie Long. Both Tanner and Davey scored tries in the match. Renowned as a ferocious tackler, Davey played 23 times for Wales, captaining the side 8 times.
Keywords: jersey, wales, claude davey, 1935-1936, 1936, king george v,