Full name David Roy Davies Role Cricket Player Name Roy Davies | 1950 Glamorgan Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 12 August 1928 ( 1928-08-12 ) Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales Relations Haydn Davies (brother), Andrew Davies (nephew) Died July 14, 2013, West Clandon, United Kingdom | ||
David Roy Davies (12 August 1928 - 14 July 2013) was 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.
Davies made a single first-class appearance for Glamorgan in 1950 against Somerset. In the match he scored 7 runs in his only first-class innings.
Davies was an industrial chemist and fuel technologist who later worked for Unilever. Davies also played squash, a sport he represented Wales in.
Family
Davies' had an older brother, Haydn, who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Both their parents were killed during the Second World War, after which Haydn adopted Roy and became his legal father. His nephew Andrew Davies played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and List-A cricket for the Combined Universities.