Edward Davis (cricketer)
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Edward Davis is a former English
cricket
er. Davis was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Brackley
, Northamptonshire
.
Davis made his first-class
debut for Northamptonshire
against Hampshire
in the 1947 County Championship. He made 103 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, the last of which came against Essex
in the 1956 County Championship. In his 104 first-class appearances, he scored 4,126 runs at an average
of 28.45, with a high score of 171. He made three centuries and 26 half centuries, which showed an inconsistency to make go on and make big scores. His highest score of 171 came against Leicestershire
in the 1949 County Championship, which was his most successful season with 851 runs at an average of 34.04. He left Northamptonshire at the end of the 1957 season
.
In 1958, he joined Cambridgeshire
. He made his debut for the county in the Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire
. He played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1958 to 1963, making 40 appearances. Three seasons after last playing for the county, Davis made a single List A appearance for Cambridgeshire against Yorkshire
in the 1967 Gillette Cup
. In this match, he scored 6 runs before being dismissed by Don Wilson
, with Cambridgeshire being bowled out for 43 and Yorkshire winning the match by 6 wickets.
His brother, Percy, also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire.
English people
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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. Davis was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Brackley
Brackley
Brackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Oxford and miles form Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham and the English Midlands and between Cambridge and Oxford...
, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
.
Davis made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
in the 1947 County Championship. He made 103 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, the last of which came against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex 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 Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in the 1956 County Championship. In his 104 first-class appearances, he scored 4,126 runs at an average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 28.45, with a high score of 171. He made three centuries and 26 half centuries, which showed an inconsistency to make go on and make big scores. His highest score of 171 came against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
in the 1949 County Championship, which was his most successful season with 851 runs at an average of 34.04. He left Northamptonshire at the end of the 1957 season
1957 English cricket season
The 1957 English cricket season saw a continuation of Surrey success and an easy win for England over West Indies. Of Surrey's run of Championship titles from 1952 to 1958, this was the most decisive. They won 21 matches out of 28 and lost none, finishing with 312 points to the runner-up's 218...
.
In 1958, he joined Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club
Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.The club is based at The Avenue...
. He made his debut for the county in the Minor Counties Championship against Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1958 to 1963, making 40 appearances. Three seasons after last playing for the county, Davis made a single List A appearance for Cambridgeshire against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in the 1967 Gillette Cup
1967 Gillette Cup
The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967...
. In this match, he scored 6 runs before being dismissed by Don Wilson
Don Wilson (cricketer)
Donald Wilson is an English former cricketer, who played in six Tests for England from 1964 to 1971...
, with Cambridgeshire being bowled out for 43 and Yorkshire winning the match by 6 wickets.
His brother, Percy, also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire.
External links
- Edward Davis at ESPNcricinfo
- Edward Davis at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...