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IN MEMORY OF FORMER SPURS PLAYERS;
Jimmy Smy; 1929/31
Billy Davies; 1930/34
David Wilson Colquhoun; 1931/35 

Jimmy's grandaughter, Sarah Burgess got in touch;
I found a photograph of the Spurs team in 1930/31 on your website, and discovered my grandfather was pictured in it.
He was called 'Jimmy' Smy, rather than James while playing football, and his date of birth is 24th November, 1907.
Different sources are claiming different dates for things , but the teams I believe he played for are: Lower Edmonton, Hampstead Town, Tottenham Hotspur in 1929/1930(professional), Northfleet United, and Sittingbourne (joined 1934 and was their captain around 1936/1937 - no luck finding any information or proof).
My mother said my grandad threw a lot of the newspaper clippings mentioning him out, which is great shame.  I've literally started from scratch to find out about him which started with the Spurs and I've (very slowly) gone from there.  ALL help is greatly appreciated and all information, no matter how small, is received with much thanks. 
Thank you very much for your help Ken,
We feature Jimmy here in the hope that we can find out more information about him. KD

1929/30 Tottenham kit TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR played in the Second Division during the 1929/30 and 1930/31 seasons. Jimmy played 17 games, scoring 6 goals for Spurs. 1929/30 The Jimmy Smy Fact file (click here) Tottenham results 1929/30 (click here) Tottenham results 1930/31 (click here) 1930/31   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR F.C. 1929/30 1929-30 Row 1. Bill Bann, Jack Reddish, Len Davis, Harry Wilding, Cyril Spiers, Joe Nicholls, Allan Taylor, Cecil Poynton, Harry Garbutt, Frank Osborne, Andy Thompson, inset FJ Bearman (director) Row 2. G Hardy (trainer), J Darnell (asst. trainer), B Ives (asst. trainer), Tom Meads, Tommy Cable, Darkie Lowdell, Alex Lindsay, Harry Skitt, Jimmy Armstrong, Bert Smith, Baden Herod, Jimmy Dimmock, Ted Harper, Frank Hartley, Matt Forster, HG Crellin (asst. secretary), J Anderson (asst. trainer), W Over (groundsman) Row 3. W Minter (manager), AW Turner (secretary), CD Roberts (chairman), Walter Bellamy, Arthur Crompton, Nat Griffiths, Joe Scott, Billy Cook, Taffy O'Callaghan, MF Cadman (vice-chairman), G Cox (director), G Wagstaffe Simmons (director) Row 4. Jimmy Smy, Tom Evans, Arthur Rowe, Jack Illingworth. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR F.C. 1930/31 Jimmy Smy appears in the bottom row,  second player from the right  1930-31 Row 1. Inset Willie Davies, Wally Alsford, Andy Thompson, Tom Cable, Ted Harper, Alf Messer, Cyril Spiers, Joe Nicholls, Allan Taylor, Dick Rowley, Baden Herod, Bert Lyons, Cecil Poynton, Frank Osborne Row 2. G Hardy (trainer), W Minter (groundstaff) J Darnell (asst. trainer), Tom Evans, Arthur Rowe, Walter Bellamy, Darkie Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Frank Hartley, Bert Hodgkinson, Jack Reddish, Jimmy Dimmock, Les Howe, W. Gordon, W Over (groundsman), J Anderson (asst. trainer), HG Crellin (asst. secretary), B Ives (scout) Row 3. AW Turner (secretary), G Wagstaffe Simmons (director), CD Roberts (chairman), Fred Channell, Taffy O'Callaghan, Joe Scott, George Hunt, Billy Cook, T. Ison, Jack Illingworth, Jimmy Smy, Tom Meads, MF Cadman (vice-chairman), G Cox (director), P Smith (manager). TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR F.C. 1931/32

James Smy, known as 'Jimmy', was born on the 24th November, 1907, at Edmonton, Middlesex.
He was the son of George and Louisa Smy. In 1911, George was 41, born in Sudbourne Suffolk and worked as a labourer in a brewery. He and his wife Louisa had been married for 17 years. Louisa, born in Clerkenwell, London, was 40. 
The couple lived at 69, Cornwallis Road, Lower Edmonton with their family consisting of, Jane aged 12, Kate (Kit) 9, Louisa Anne, 5, Jimmy 3 and George 1. All the children were Edmonton born.
Jimmy played football from an early age and soon became captain of the Edmonton Schoolboys team. He also played for London and the South of England as a schoolboy.

Other junior teams included; Tottenham Polytechnic, Woodside, Tottenham Argyle, (winners of the London Junior Cup years later, in 1932/33 when they beat Gainsford Athletic 3v1) and Lower Edmonton.

When Jimmy was 19, is height was 5 feet 71/2 inches and he weighed 11stone 5 pounds.

AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL SCOTLAND v ENGLAND 28th April 1928

Jimmy Smy is named as a 'Reserve to Travel'. He turned professional and was unable to fulfill the dream of an Amateur International Cap for England.

I am very grateful to Sarah and her family for supplying and sharing this wonderful information about her grandfather Jimmy Smy.
If anyone has further information, Sarah can be contacted via mail@penmon.org
Billy Davies featured below, played in the same team as Jimmy. Would love to hear from relatives of any of the players who appear in the team photo. 

Sarah writes; Ken, thank you so very much for your help and for putting together a wonderful page dedicated to my grandfather. I honestly did not expect anything like this to happen, so I am extremely grateful and humbled by your generosity and help. It's honestly really touching.
My pleasure Sarah, Ken.

BILLY DAVIES
(1930 - 1933)
17 Welsh International Caps
1924 - 1930

I am grateful to Mr Phil Davies for supplying information relating to Billy, his Great Uncle.
 
Billy was born on the 16th February  1900, and in 1901 he lived at 8 Harriet Town, Troedyrhiw. His father was Thomas Davies and his mother was Mary Hannah Davies. Interestingly two older sisters are listed, on the census. Mary and Catherine. William was known as Willie or sometimes Billie. He had a good career and was in the Cardiff side which lost to Sheffield Utd in the 1925 FA Cup Final. I was thrilled to find pictures of him in your 'George Harold Beadles' section. 

His career looked like this:
Troedrhiwfuwch;  Rhymney; Swansea Amateurs ; Swansea  Town  (10/6d donation), professional May, 1921; Cardiff City, June, 1924 (£25); Notts County, March, 1928; Tottenham Hotspur, February 15, 1930 (£3400); Swansea Town, Sept 14, 1933 (£300); Llanelli 1936-38. 
 
Honours: Wales -17 full caps, FA Cup Finalist 1925, Football League Division two runners-up 1933, Welsh League representative X1 1927.

Davies began his career playing for his school and village teams, joining Rhymney where he once scored 61 goals in a single season. He was signed by Swansea Town in 1921, for 10/6 playing in every forward position for the club before settling at outside-right. He made his Wales debut while playing for Swansea. He was a very tricky, clever player, and his value had increased to £25, when,  in 1924 with the club going through financial trouble, he moved to Cardiff City. In his first season at the club he was part of the side that reached the FA Cup Final, including scoring direct from a corner-kick in the quarter-final victory over Leicester City, to win the match in the dying seconds. 

Unfortunatley he contracted a serious chest illness soon after and missed more than a year for the club, including missing the teams FA Cup victory in 1927. He briefly returned to the side at the start of the 1927-28 season but was sold to Notts County soon after, where he spent two years before moving on to Tottenham Hotspur, where he became a big success. At White Hart Lane, he was described thus; " Davies, the speedy, orthodox Welshman, who played many good games and never any bad. 

He later returned to Wales to finish his league career at Swansea. He was 5ft 7ins and weighed 10stone 10 pounds.

F.A. CUP FINAL 29th April 1925 CARDIFF CITY 0 v 1 SHEFFIELD UNITED CARDIFF CITY Tom Farquharson James Nelson Jimmy Blair Harry Wake Fred Keenor (C) Billy Hardy Willie Davies Jimmy Gill Joe Nicholson Harry Beadles Jack Evans SHEFF UTD Charles Sutcliffe Bill Cook Ernest Milton Harry Pantling Seth King George Green Dave Mercer Tommy Boyle Harry Johnson Billy Gillespie (C) Fred Tunstall

CARDIFF CITY 1925 Billy is seated front, 2nd left

NOTTS COUNTY Billy Davies is seated, 1st left

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1930/31 Billy Davies is the inserted photo, top left 1930-31 Row 1. Inset Willie Davies, Wally Alsford, Andy Thompson, Tom Cable, Ted Harper, Alf Messer, Cyril Spiers, Joe Nicholls, Allan Taylor, Dick Rowley, Baden Herod, Bert Lyons, Cecil Poynton, Frank Osborne Row 2. G Hardy (trainer), W Minter (groundstaff) J Darnell (asst. trainer), Tom Evans, Arthur Rowe, Walter Bellamy, Darkie Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Frank Hartley, Bert Hodgkinson, Jack Reddish, Jimmy Dimmock, Les Howe, W. Gordon, W Over (groundsman), J Anderson (asst. trainer), HG Crellin (asst. secretary), B Ives (scout) Row 3. AW Turner (secretary), G Wagstaffe Simmons (director), CD Roberts (chairman), Fred Channell, Taffy O'Callaghan, Joe Scott, George Hunt, Billy Cook, T. Ison, Jack Illingworth, Jimmy Smy, Tom Meads, MF Cadman (vice-chairman), G Cox (director), P Smith (manager).

BILLY DAVIES WELSH INTERNATIONAL During his career, Davies won a total of 17 caps for Wales, making a goalscoring debut in a 2-0 victory over Scotland on 16 February 1924. His last cap came on 1 February 1930 when he played in a 7-0 defeat against Ireland BRITISH HOME INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1923/24 WALES CHAMPIONS   The 1924 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1923-24 season between the British Home Nations. It was won by the excellent Welsh team of the early 1920s who achieved a whitewash of the other three home nations over the tournament, scoring five goals for just one in return. The first match of the series was at home to Scotland. Wales withheld a lot of pressure in the early stages, as Scotland got to terms with the game. Fred Keenor of Cardiff was the best half back on the field and with Jenkins  hasving a good debut, the Scots began to fade. Little Billy Davies too was wearning his Welsh shirt for the first time and he scored the first goal from Keenor's pass. Len Davies clinched victory with the second goal. Wales's second match at Blackburn against England,  was played on a treacherously snow-bound pitch. Fred Keenor was described as brilliant, playing through an injury from the previous week against Huddersfield. He set up the first goal with a 'scintillating run, beating four opponents and smashing a magnificent drive which Sewell in the English goal could only parry'. Vizard placed the rebound in the net. The Welsh winner came from Billy Davies, who hammered in a 20 yard drive after Jack Nicholls had confused the English defence with a clever back-heel. Wales won the Championship at Belfast by beating Ireland. Keenor and the Welsh half back line dominated the match. Moses Russell scored the only goal from a prenalty, after Vizard was fouled by Rollo. Date Home Away Venue 20.10.23 Ireland Gillespie Croft  2v1 England Bradford Belfast 16.2.23 Wales W. Davies  L. Davies 2v0 Scotland Cardiff 1.3.24 Scotland Cunningham  Morris        2v0    Ireland Glasgow 3.3.24 England Roberts 1v2 Wales Vizard W.Davies Blackburn 15.3.24 Ireland 0v1 Wales Russell (pen) Belfast 12.4.24 England Walker  1v1    Scotland Taylor og Wembley 1923/24 Pl W D L  F - A  Pts  WALES  3  3  0 0   5 - 1    6 SCOTLAND  3  1  1 1   3 - 3   3 ENGLAND  3  1  0 2   2 - 4  2 IRELAND  3  0  1 2   3 - 5   1 Billy's Welsh International Appearances and goals 16.2.24 2v0 Scotland (1 goal) Cardiff 1.3.24   2v1 England (1 goal) Blackburn 15.3.24 1v0 Ireland Belfast 14.2.25 1v3 Scotland Edinburgh 28.2.25 1v2 England Swansea 18.4.25 0v0 Ireland Wrexham 31.10.25 0v3 Scotland Cardiff 13.2.26 0v3 Ireland Belfast 1.3.26 3v1 England (1 goal) London 30.10.26 0v3 Scotland Glasgow 4.2.28 2v1 Ireland (1 goal) Belfast 27.10.28 2v4 Scotland (2 goals) Glasgow 17.11.28 2v3 England Swansea 2.2.29 2v2 Ireland Wrexham 26.10.29 2v4 Scotland Cardiff 20.11.29 0v6 England London 1.2.30 0v7 Ireland Belfast Billy on his motor bike with Harry Beadles. Billy was apparently a bit notorious with his motorbike. He and Harry actually crashed on it, and it was even made into one of those football scetches of the time.  They apparently crashed and a woman said. "I didn't see what happened". Harry apparently said, "Well wait there and we will go back and do it again"!    Apparently when the Cardiff City team went to the tailors to get fitted for suits, Billy, who was affectionately called "Little Billy" was sent to the "Boys Dept" for his shoes, as he had size 4 feet, much to the amusement of the rest of the team!

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR F.C.
SEASON 1930-31

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