Harry Davis (Australian footballer)

Henry Ernest Davis (18 February 1879 – 23 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Harry Davis
Personal information
Full name Henry Ernest Davis
Date of birth (1879-02-18)18 February 1879
Place of birth Coleraine, Victoria
Date of death 23 October 1948(1948-10-23) (aged 69)
Place of death Swan Hill, Victoria
Original team(s) Yea[1]
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1905 Essendon 11 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1905.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He represented the VFL, playing at full-forward (he kicked 3 goals), in a match against a combined Ballarat Football Association team, on the MCG, on 24 June 1905.[3]

Notes

  1. "Notes". Yea Chronicle. No. 1004. Victoria, Australia. 11 May 1905. p. 2.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. League v. Ballarat, The Herald, (Saturday, 24 June 1905), p.6.

References

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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