Ben Davies (forward)

Ben Davies

Personal information
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1882–1887	Port Vale	79[1]	(25)
Total		79	(25)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ben Davies was a footballer in the 19th century for Port Vale.

Playing career

Davies played at inside-right in Port Vale's first recorded line-up in a 5–1 defeat at nearby Stoke on 9 December 1882 in a Staffordshire Senior Cup second round replay.^[2] He scored a goal in the 4–2 win over Leek in the replayed final of the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup on 28 April 1883, as well as in the 12–0 Burslem Challenge Cup final win over Ironbridge on 21 March 1885.^[2] He also played in all five rounds of the 1885–86 FA Cup campaign, and also made the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup final side of 1885.^[2] In total he scored 25 goals in 79 games over all competitions before losing his place at the start of the 1886–87 season and being released, most likely in 1887.^[2]

Statistics

• Sourced from Ben Davies profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1882–83	–	0	0	2	1	2	1
	1883–84		0	0	14	2	14	2
	1884–85		0	0	34	14	34	14
	1885–86		6	0	23	18	29	18
	1886–87		0	0	2	0	2	0
Total			6	0	73	35	79	35

Honours

with Port Vale

• North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup winner: 1883, 1885 (shared)
• Burslem Challenge Cup winner: 1885

References

1. In all competitions
2. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 77. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.