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Roy Davies (cricketer)

Roy Davies
Personal information
Full name David Roy Davies
Born (1928-08-12)12 August 1928
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died 14 July 2013(2013-07-14) (aged 84)
West Clandon, England
Batting Right-handed
Relations Haydn Davies (brother), Andrew Davies (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years Team
1950 Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 1
Runs scored 7
Batting average 7.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 July 2010

David Roy Davies (12 August 1928 - 14 July 2013) was a former 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. In the match he scored 7 runs in his only first-class innings.

Davies was an industrial chemist and fuel technologist who later worked for Unilever. Davies also played squash, a sport he represented Wales in.

Davies' had an older brother, Haydn, who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Both their parents were killed during the Second World War, after which Haydn adopted Roy and became his legal father. His nephew Andrew Davies played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and List-A cricket for the Combined Universities.


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