| David Price | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Death Place: | , Denmark Strait, off Iceland |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium pace |
| Club1: | Western Province |
| Year1: | 1934–1939 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 14 |
| Runs1: | 204 |
| Bat Avg1: | 13.60 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 28* |
| Deliveries1: | 1785 |
| Wickets1: | 48 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 37.18 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/124 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/– |
| Date: | 10 August |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46856.html Cricinfo |
David Price (13 August 1910 – 6 July 1942) was a South African first-class cricketer and South African Navy rating.
Born in Cape Town in August 1910, Price appeared in fourteen first-class matches for Western Province between 1934 and 1939.[1] In batting, Price scored 204 runs, his top score being 28* and his batting average clocking in at 37.18.[2] With his right-arm medium pace bowling, Price took 28 wickets with his best bowling being 5 for 124.[3]
During the Second World War, Price served in the South African Navy as an able seaman, being assigned to the minesweeper .[4] On 6 July 1942, while serving in Arctic convoy QP 13, the Niger collided with a British-laid mine and sank, killing Price and 118 other sailors aboard. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.