Jack Davey (cricketer)

Jack Davey
Personal information
Full name
Jack Davey
Born (1944-09-04) 4 September 1944 (age 80)
Tavistock, Devon, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964–1965Devon
1966–1978Gloucestershire
1981–1985Devon
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 175 150
Runs scored 918 135
Batting average 7.77 5.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 53* 16
Balls bowled 24,350 7,157
Wickets 411 173
Bowling average 28.51 26.26
5 wickets in innings 9 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/95 4/11
Catches/stumpings 32/– 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2011

Jack Davey (born 4 September 1944) is a former English cricketer. Davey was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium.[1] An opening bowler, Davey had a successful career with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club which spanned from the 1966 season to the 1978 season. His name sometimes appeared in reports and on scorecards as J.J. Davey, although this was not accurate: the second initial was a mischievous creation by his county captain Tony Brown and the writer Alan Gibson, whose campaign to embellish Davey's name even extended to the production of a commemorative tie, in Davey's testimonial season, with "J.J?" on it.[2]

  1. ^ "Player profile: Jack Davey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  2. ^ Alan Gibson, Growing Up with Cricket, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1985, p. 112.