Roy Davies (cricketer)

Roy Davies

Personal information
Full name	David Roy Davies
Born	12 August 1928 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died	14 July 2013 (aged 84) West Clandon, England
Batting style	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.^[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 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.

References

1. First-Class Matches played by Roy Davies
2. First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roy Davies
3. Brief profile of Roy Davies

External links

• Roy Davies at Cricinfo
• Roy Davies at CricketArchive