 On the final day of the 1923–24 season with Cardiff City needing to win to take the title, Davies missed a late penalty kick against Birmingham City as the match finished 0–0, ensuring that Herbert Chapman's Huddersfield Town won the title by 0.024 of a goal.Davies missed out on a place in the team for the 1925 FA Cup final defeat against Sheffield United but, in 1927, was part of the Cardiff side that beat Arsenal to take the FA Cup out of England for the first, and so far, only time.The only goal of the game coming as the opposition goalkeeper was unable to control a shot from Hughie Ferguson as Davies advanced on him.