Rick Davies (mai wasan ƙwallon ƙafa)

**Rick Davies** (born **Evan Rick Davies**, 8 April 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sturt and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Nicknamed the "Jumbo Prince", Davies played a total of 390 games throughout his career (317 for Sturt, 33 for South Adelaide, 20 for Hawthorn, and 20 State Games for South Australia. Though not tall for a ruckman at only , Davies was known for his strong marking and body strength which he used to great effect against opponents who were often taller and heavier than him.&#x5B;**&#x5D;

## Ayyukan wasa
Babban aikin Rick Davies ya fara ne tare da Sturt a shekarar 1970 yana da shekaru 18. Ya ci gaba da kasancewa mai suna Sturt mafi kyau kuma mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a cikin rikodin bakwai daga cikin lokutan takwas da ya buga wa Double Blues. Ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun wasan kwaikwayon Davies shine babban nuni a cikin nasarar Grand Final na 1976 a kan Port Adelaide. Davies an yanke masa hukunci mafi kyau a ƙasa a ranar da aka saita rikodin rikodin SANFL na kowane lokaci lokacin da magoya bayan 66,897 suka shiga filin wasan kwallon kafa.

In 1981 Davies joined Hawthorn in the VFL. Changes to rules for rucking contests disadvantaged shorter ruckman, and Davies mostly played in the forward pocket, kicking 37 goals. He returned to Sturt in 1982 and was their leading goal kicker for the next three seasons.

A shekara ta 1983 Davies ya zira kwallaye 151 na SANFL a kakar wasa ta bana (daga baya Scott Hodges na Port Adelaide ya doke shi a shekarar 1990 wanda ya zira kwallan 153), wanda ya hada da kwallaye 11 a nasarar da aka samu a Port Adelaide a Unley Oval, da kuma rikodin kulob din 15 a kan West Adelaide a zagaye na takwas a Football Park (wannan zai zama kwallaye daya kawai na rikodin Football Park na kwallaye 16 a wasan da John Roberts na Woodville ya yi a 1976). Davies zai buga wasan karshe na karshe ga Sturt daga baya a kakar 1983 lokacin da Double Blues ya sauka zuwa West Adelaide. Bayan ya zira kwallaye sama da 6 a kowane wasa a 1983, Tony Burgess ya ƙuntata Davies zuwa biyu kawai a Grand Final, tare da na farko a cikin kwata na 3 wanda ya sa ya zama dan wasa na farko da ya taɓa zira kwallayi 150 a kakar SANFL, ya doke Tim Evans " rikodin 146 daga 1980.

Rick Davies" form a cikakken gaba ga Sturt a 1983 ya kasance kamar yadda ya ci gaba da ci gaba da ƙaramin burin Sturt yana buga hotshot Ian Wilmott yana wasa a cikin ajiya don mafi yawan kakar. Wilmott, wanda ya zira kwallaye 97 a kakar a cikin SANFL Reserves (tare da wasu biyu a cikin jerin wasan karshe), ya buga wasa daya kawai na kwallon kafa a 1983 a zagaye na 10 a kan Norwood a Norwood Oval, inda ya zira kwallan shida a karon farko na gasar (yayinda Davies ke aiki tare da kungiyar Kudancin Australia a Perth). A mako mai zuwa Davies ya koma gefe yayin da Wilmott ya dawo cikin ƙungiyar ajiya.

Bayan ya sake jagorantar burin Sturt a shekarar 1984, Davies ya koma Kudancin Adelaide a shekarar 1985, kuma ya zama kocin wasa daga baya a wannan kakar lokacin da aka kori tsohon abokin wasan Hawthorn Don Scott. Panthers sun kammala a matsayi na takwas a shekarar 1985 kuma na tara a shekarar 1986, tare da Davies da ke jagorantar mai tsalle-tsalle tare da kwallaye 72 a kowane kakar daga gaba. Ya yi ritaya a matsayin dan wasa a ƙarshen kakar 1986, tare da jimlar wasanni 350 na SANFL da kwallaye 781 a cikin yanayi 16.

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