David Davis (cricketer)

David Davis
Personal information
Full name
David Grant Davis
Born(1902-01-12)12 January 1902
Wanstead, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Died2 March 1995(1995-03-02) (aged 93)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920-21Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 88
Batting average 17.60
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 61
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 0/0
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]

He continued to play for Hawke's Bay and was also secretary of the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association until he moved to Gisborne in 1927.[4]

Davis was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School before becoming a law clerk in 1920. He qualified as a solicitor and practised in Waitara and Wanganui.[5] He was appointed as a judge of the Māori Land Court in 1961.[6]

Personal life

Davis and his wife Kathleen married in 1927 and had one daughter.[5] He was the last surviving Hawke's Bay first-class cricketer.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1920-21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Wellington v Hawke's Bay". Evening Post. Vol. CI, no. 2. 3 January 1921. p. 8.
  3. ^ a b Wisden 1996, p. 1395.
  4. ^ "Personal". Poverty Bay Herald: 5. 22 November 1927.
  5. ^ a b "David Grant Davis 1971". Knowledge Bank. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. ^ "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.