| David Davis | |
| Fullname: | David Grant Davis |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Wanstead, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Hawke's Bay |
| Year1: | 1920-21 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 88 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 61 |
| Deliveries1: | – |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 |
| Date: | 30 October 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36867.html Cricinfo |
David Grant Davis (12 January 1902 – 2 March 1995) was a New Zealand cricketer and judge.
Davis played three matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1920–21. They were Hawke's Bay's last three matches as a first-class team. In the second match, against Wellington, a few days before Davis's 19th birthday, Hawke's Bay followed on 286 runs in arrears and were 167 for 7 in their second innings when Davis went to the wicket. He hit 61 in half an hour, at one point hitting nine boundaries in a little over ten minutes. Nevertheless, Hawke's Bay lost by an innings and 17 runs.[1] [2] [3]
He continued to play for Hawke's Bay and was also secretary of the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association until he moved to Gisborne in 1927.[4]
Davis was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School before becoming a law clerk in 1920. He qualified as a solicitor and practised in Waitara and Wanganui.[5] He was appointed as a judge of the Māori Land Court in 1961.[6]
Davis and his wife Kathleen married in 1927 and had one daughter.[5] He was the last surviving Hawke's Bay first-class cricketer.[3]