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	Right-handed
Relations	Haydn Davies (brother); Andrew Davies (nephew)
Domestic team information
1950	Glamorgan
Career statistics
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 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.

References

External links

Roy Davies at Cricinfo
Roy Davies at CricketArchive

[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

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