Roy Davies (cricketer) explained

Roy Davies
Country:England
Fullname:David Roy Davies
Birth Date:12 August 1928
Birth Place:Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Death Place:West Clandon, England
Batting:Right-handed
Family:Haydn Davies (brother)
Andrew Davies (nephew)
Club1:Glamorgan
Year1:1950
Columns:1
Column1:FC
Matches1:1
Runs1:7
Bat Avg1:7.00
100S/50S1: - / -
Top Score1:7
Deliveries1: -
Wickets1: -
Bowl Avg1: -
Fivefor1: -
Tenfor1: -
Best Bowling1: -
Catches/Stumpings1: - / -
Date:3 July
Year:2010
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11814.html Cricinfo

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.

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

Davies 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4386/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Roy Davies
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4386/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roy Davies
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/1/1204.html Brief profile of Roy Davies