David Davis (cricketer)
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Wanstead, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Grant Davis | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1902 Wanstead, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 March 1995 (aged 93) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 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.
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]
Legal career
Davis was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School before becoming a law clerk in 1920. He worked for the Public Trust office in Napier before being transferred to Gisborne in 1927.[4] He qualified as a solicitor and practised in Waitara and Wanganui, where he was appointed district solicitor in 1939.[5][6] He was appointed as a judge of the Māori Land Court in 1961.[7]