 When it failed it was classed as 'bad hands' but when it worked Davey would make distinct attacking headway.This style of play was described in 1930 by the "Llanelly Mercury" as 'he can do nothing except emulate a battering ram, and too often he forgets to take the ball with him'.Davey first came to notice while playing for the Wales Secondary Schools, before gaining a place for a Wales University XV, while he was studying electrical engineering at Swansea University.