Geoffrey Davies (cricketer) should not be confused with Geoff Davies (Australian cricketer).
Geoffrey Davies | |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Boisselier Davies |
Birth Date: | 26 October 1892 |
Birth Place: | Poplar, London, England |
Death Place: | Hulluch, France |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Bowler |
Club1: | Essex |
Year1: | 1912–1914 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 54 |
Runs1: | 1487 |
Bat Avg1: | 18.35 |
100S/50S1: | 2/- |
Top Score1: | 118 |
Wickets1: | 141 |
Bowl Avg1: | 20.81 |
Fivefor1: | 4 |
Tenfor1: | 1 |
Best Bowling1: | 8/67 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 43/0 |
Date: | 22 July 2013 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11816.html Cricinfo |
Geoffrey Boisselier Davies (26 October 1892 - 26 September 1915) was an English cricketer.
Davies was educated at Rossall School where he played cricket for the school 1909–12, being captain in 1912. He also played for Essex in 1912. He went up to Selwyn College, Cambridge, and played for both Cambridge University and Essex in 1913 and 1914.[1] In the First World War he was commissioned in the Essex Regiment and held the rank of Captain when he was killed in France in 1915.[2]