The former Preston and Leeds goalkeeper denied Nakhi Wells and Jacob Butterfield either side of half time before Davies struck.Bolton were unchanged from the 1-1 draw at Blackpool last weekend while Huddersfield made four changes to their starting line-up from the previous 0-0 draw against Sheffield Wednesday including Alex Smithies' recall in goal for Joe Murphy.Prior to kick-off both sets of supporters observed an impeccable minute's silence for Roy Hartle, the former Bolton defender and member of the 1958 FA Cup winning team who died earlier this month, aged 83.Huddersfield settled the better of the teams but it was Wanderers who almost opened the scoring through in-form Davies.Darren Pratley was the architect with an excellent left wing cross, Davies swung his left boot at the centre only to see the ball smash off the crossbar and back into play.Former Welsh international Davies proved a real handful for Town's defence and Mark Hudson in particular
The two clashed after 31 minutes with Davies appealing for a penalty after sent tumbling on the edge of the area.Hudson was booked for his clumsy challenge but Huddersfield escaped with only a free kick wasted by Liam Feeney.Davies tried his luck from distance with a drive easily saved by Smithies while Town finally came to life in three minutes of stoppage time
Ex-Bradford favourite Wells brought a great save out of Lonergan and then fired wide moments later as Town finished the half on top.They also started the second period the best and but for Lonergan would have taken the lead
Sean Scannell seized on a Tim Ream error to race down the Wanderers rightHis cross into the six yard box was met by former Wanderers loan star Butterfield, but Lonergan blocked the midfielder's close range effort
Grant Holt poked another effort narrowly wide before Davies broke the stalemate from eight yards against the run of play
Source : PA
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