John Davey (cricketer)
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Full name | John George Davey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Brighton, Sussex, England | 21 June 1847||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
4 May 1878 30) Brighton, Sussex, England | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm roundarm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1874–1876 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1869–1873 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 June 2012 |
John George Davey (21 June 1847 – 4 May 1878) was an English cricketer. Davey was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm medium pace and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Brighton, Sussex.
Davey made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent at Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground in 1869, with him making a further appearance against Kent a week later at the Higher Common Ground, Tunbridge Wells. He made two further first-class appearances for Sussex, against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's Cricket Ground in 1867 and Kent at the same venue in 1873.[1] In his four first-class matches for the county, he scored 66 runs at an average of 13.20, with a high score of 32.[2] In 1874, he made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Nottinghamshire, with him playing a further first-class match for the club against Surrey in 1876.[1] He played one first-class match for England against a combined Kent and Gloucestershire side at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.[1]
He died at the town of his birth on 4 May 1878.
References
- 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played by John Davey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Davey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2012.