Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Walter James Davis
- Nickname(s)
- Barra
- Born
- Wednesday, 13th April, 1887
- Died
- Friday, 9th February, 1934 (Aged 46 years and 302 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Australia vs New Zealand 1909
- Interstate Series
- 1911
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918
- City Cup
- 1912, 1913
Biography
Jim ‘Barra’ Davis was a pioneer Souths forward who played in two Tests against NZ in 1908 in Australia’s first domestic Test series. A former Souths RU junior, the citizens of Waterloo gave the local lad a gold medal to commemorate his selection on the pioneer Kangaroo tour of England. Davis reportedly received his nickname – ‘Barra’ or ‘Barrow’ – when members of the Kangaroo squad stoked the boiler room of the RMS Macedonia to keep fit on the trip to England. Davis played in six minor tour matches in England but returned to the Australian Test team against NZ in 1909, scoring five points in Australia’s 19-11 loss in the First Test. Davis was sent off in the 1910 final against Newtown, which finished in a 4-all draw, and played a season with Norths the following year. After leaving Souths in 1919 he played in Parkes. In 1934, unable to find work during the Depression, Davis took his own life.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 7 | - | 6 | - | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Metropolis | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Kangaroos | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Sydney Rabbitohs | - | 3 | 3 | 8 | - | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 4 | 88 | 13 | 24 | - | 87 | 58 | 26 | 4 | 65.91% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 2 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 116 | 20 | 40 | - | 140 | 78 | 39 | 5 | 67.24% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1908-09 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1908-11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | - | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1909, 1911-12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Kangaroos | 1909-10 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Reds | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1908-1912 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 43.75% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1908 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1909 | 9 | 3 | 5 | - | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1910 | 13 | 2 | 15 | - | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | NSWRFL 1911 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1912 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Glebe | NSWRFL 1913 | 12 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1914 | 13 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 76.92% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1915 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1918 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1919 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1908-10, 1912, 1914-15, 1918-19 | 65 | 11 | 20 | - | 73 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 73.85% | List | ||||
| North Sydney | 1911 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Glebe | 1913 | 12 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1908-1919 | 88 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 87 | 58 | 26 | 4 | 65.91% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner
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