Roy Davies (cricketer)

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.

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

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