| Jonas Davis | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death Place: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia |
| Role: | Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | New South Wales |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 20 |
| Runs1: | 643 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.73 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/3 |
| Top Score1: | 85 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/2 |
| Date: | 26 December 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5075.html Cricinfo |
Jonas "Joe" Davis (12 May 1859 – 18 May 1911) was an Australian cricketer.[1]
Davis played for the New South Wales XV against the Australians in 1878-79 and scored 32 in an innings victory for the New South Wales team,[2] the Sydney Morning Herald recording that Davis "proved that the confidence placed in his powers as a batsman was justified".[3] He subsequently played twenty first-class matches for New South Wales between 1879–80 and 1893–94.[4]
A batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, Joe Davis' highest first-class score was for New South Wales against Ivo Bligh's XI in 1882–83, when, opening the batting, he scored 85 in the second innings out of a team total of 165.[5] He dropped out of the New South Wales team for interstate matches after the 1887–88 season, but he returned to captain the team on tours of New Zealand, in 1889–90[6] and 1893–94,[7] both tours having been organised and managed by Davis' older brother, Coleman.[8] [9]
Davis was a jeweller.[10] He married Phoebe Davis in Sydney in February 1885.[11]
He collapsed while playing bowls in May 1911 and died at home early the next morning, aged 52. He left a widow, a son and three daughters.[12] He was buried in the Jewish section of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.[13] He is sometimes called "Jonas J. Davis",[4] [1] but his probate notice refers to him as "JONAS DAVIS commonly known as Joseph Davis".[14]