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Full name | Francis John Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales | 26 March 1939|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Roger Davis (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1959 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963–1970 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,24 July 2011 |
Francis John Davis (born 26 March 1939) is a former Welsh cricketer. Davis was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Cardiff,Glamorgan.
Davis was educated at Blundell's School in Devon. [1] He made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against the touring Indians in 1959. Later studying at St John's College,Oxford,it was for Oxford University that he made his next first-class appearance for in 1963,against Gloucestershire. He made 13 further first-class appearances for the university,the last of which came against Cambridge University in that same season. [2] In his 14 first-class matches for the university,he scored 363 runs at an average of 21.35, [3] with his only innings of note,a score of 63,came against Northamptonshire. [4] Predominantly a bowler,Davis took 34 wickets for the university,at a bowling average of 30.00,with best figures of 5/67. [5] These figures,his only five wicket haul for the university,came against Cambridge University. [6]
After concluding his studies,Davis returned to playing for Glamorgan in 1963,making 13 further infrequent first-class appearances for the county,with his final appearance coming against Middlesex in the 1967 County Championship. [2] Davis scored 189 runs in his 14 first-class matches for Glamorgan,which came at an average of 11.11,with a high score of 28*. [3] With the ball,he took 18 wickets at an average of 37.44,with best figures of 5/72. [5] His best figures came against Warwickshire in 1966. This innings was also notable for 7 of the 8 wickets to fall going to Davis and his brother Roger. [7]
Davis left Glamorgan at the end of the 1967 season to pursue a career in teaching. [1] He did however appear for Glamorgan in 2 List A matches in 1970,against Northamptonshire and Essex in the John Player League. [8] In the first of these against Northamptonshire,Davis took the wicket of Mushtaq Mohammad for the cost of 28 runs from 8 overs. [9] In the second of these,he bowled 5 wicket-less overs for the cost of 25 runs,while with the bat he scored 4 runs before being dismissed by West Indian Keith Boyce. [10]
Davis later appeared for Hertfordshire,making his debut for the county in the 1977 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. He played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1977 and 1978,making a total of 7 further appearances. [11]
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