David Davis (cricketer)
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Full name | David Grant Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Wanstead, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | 12 January 1902||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
2 March 1995 93) Auckland, New Zealand | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920-21 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 October 2017 |
David Grant Davis (12 January 1902 – 2 March 1995) was a New Zealand cricketer and judge.
Cricket career
Davis played three matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay in 1920-21. They were Hawke's Bay's last three matches as a first-class team. In the second match, against Wellington, a few days before Davis's 19th birthday, Hawke's Bay followed on 286 runs in arrears and were 167 for 7 in their second innings when Davis went to the wicket. He hit 61 in half an hour, at one point hitting nine boundaries in a little over ten minutes. Nevertheless Hawke's Bay lost by an innings and 17 runs.[1][2][3]
Legal career
He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School before becoming a law clerk in 1920. He qualified as a solicitor and practised in Waitara and Wanganui.[4]
He was appointed as a judge of the Māori Land Court in 1961.[5]
Personal life
Davis and his wife Kathleen married in 1927 and had one daughter.[4] He was the last surviving Hawke's Bay first-class cricketer.[3]
References
- ↑ "Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1920-21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Wellington v Hawke's Bay". Evening Post. CI (2). 3 January 1921. p. 8.
- 1 2 Wisden 1996, p. 1395.
- 1 2 "David Grant Davis 1971". Knowledge Bank. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ↑ "An index of past and present judicial officers of the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court" (PDF). Māori Land Court. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
External links
- David Davis at ESPNcricinfo
- David Davis at CricketArchive (subscription required)