David John Ellis is a former English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Ellis was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

, Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

.

Ellis made his debut for Durham

Durham County Cricket Club

Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...

 against Northumberland

Northumberland County Cricket Club

Northumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 in the 1961 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1961 to 1966, making 36 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made his List A debut against Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club

Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...

 in the 1964 Gillette Cup

1964 Gillette Cup

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. In this match, he scored 2 runs before being dismissed by Robin Marques

Robin Marques

Robin Marques was an English cricketer who played for Hertfordshire.Having represented the team in the Minor Counties Championship between 1947 and 1966, Marques made two List A appearances for the team, between 1964 and 1966...

. He made a further List A appearance against Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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 in the following round of the same competition. He scored a single run in this match, before being dismissed by Ian Thomson, with Sussex winning by 200 runs.

External links

• David Ellis at ESPNcricinfo
• David Ellis at CricketArchive
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