David Roy Davies (12 August 1928 – 14 July 2013) was a Welsh cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. He was educated in his later early years at Cardiff University.
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| Full name | David Roy Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 1928 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 2013 (aged 84) West Clandon, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Haydn Davies (brother) Andrew Davies (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davies made a single first-class appearance for Glamorgan in 1950 against Somerset.[1] In the match, he scored 7 runs in his only first-class innings.[2]
Davies was an industrial chemist and fuel technologist who later worked for Unilever. Davies also played squash, a sport he represented Wales in.
Family
editDavies had an older brother, Haydn, who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Both of their parents were killed during the Second World War, after which Haydn adopted Roy and became his legal father.[3] His nephew Andrew Davies played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and List-A cricket for the Combined Universities.
References
editExternal links
edit- Roy Davies at Cricinfo
- Roy Davies at CricketArchive