Andrew Davies (cricketer, born 1962)
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Andrew George Davies is a former English cricket
er. Davies was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper
. He was born in Altrincham
, Cheshire.
Davies made his first-class
debut for Cambridge University
against Essex
in 1982. Davies played 21 further first-class matches for the University, the last of which came against Essex in 1989. In his 22 first-class matches, he scored 494 runs at a batting average
of 19.00, with a high score of 69. This came against Surrey
in 1984. Behind the stumps, he took 28 catches and made 4 stumpings.
He made his List A debut for Combined Universities
in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup against Surrey. He played a further 8 List A matches for Combined Universities, the last coming against Essex in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. In his 9 List A matches, he scored 68 runs at an average of 13.60, with a high score of 20. Behind the stumps, he took 12 catches and made 2 stumpings.
Davies played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Buckinghamshire
against Wales Minor Counties
. His uncle's, Roy Davies
and Haydn Davies
, both played first-class cricket for Glamorgan
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Davies was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
. He was born in Altrincham
Altrincham
Altrincham is a market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on flat ground south of the River Mersey about southwest of Manchester city centre, south-southwest of Sale and east of Warrington...
, Cheshire.
Davies made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in 1982. Davies played 21 further first-class matches for the University, the last of which came against Essex in 1989. In his 22 first-class matches, he scored 494 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 19.00, with a high score of 69. This came against Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
in 1984. Behind the stumps, he took 28 catches and made 4 stumpings.
He made his List A debut for Combined Universities
British Universities cricket team
The British Universities cricket team is a cricket team whose players are drawn from university sides primarily in Great Britain as the name suggests, but not exclusively those of Oxford and Cambridge. The team played under the title of Combined Universities until 1995.Combined Universities' first...
in the 1983 Benson & Hedges Cup against Surrey. He played a further 8 List A matches for Combined Universities, the last coming against Essex in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. In his 9 List A matches, he scored 68 runs at an average of 13.60, with a high score of 20. Behind the stumps, he took 12 catches and made 2 stumpings.
Davies played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...
against Wales Minor Counties
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club, representing the historic counties of Wales except Glamorgan is currently the only non-English member of the Minor Counties Championship in the England and Wales domestic cricket structure....
. His uncle's, Roy Davies
Roy Davies (cricketer)
David Roy Davies is a former 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....
and Haydn Davies
Haydn Davies (cricketer)
Haydn George Davies was a Welsh-born cricketer for Glamorgan County Cricket Club.Davies is regarded as being one of the best wicketkeepers to have played for Glamorgan, taking 789 dismissals from his 423 first class games between 1935 and 1958. With 82 victims in 1955, he set a new record for the...
, both played first-class cricket for Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
.
External links
- Andrew Davies at ESPNcricinfo
- Andrew Davies at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...