Jonas Davis

{{Short description|Australian cricketer (1859–1911)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{use Australian English|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Jonas Davis

| image = JoeDavis.jpg

| country =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1859|5|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1911|5|18|1859|5|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

| batting =

| bowling =

| role = Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper

| club1 = New South Wales

| year1 = {{nowrap|1879/80–1893/94}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 20

| runs1 = 643

| bat avg1 = 24.73

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 85

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/2

| date = 26 December 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5075.html Cricinfo

}}

Jonas "Joe" Davis (12 May 1859 – 18 May 1911) was an Australian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5075.html |title=Jonas Davis |access-date=26 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Davis played for the New South Wales XV against the Australians in 1878-79 and scored 32 in an innings victory for the New South Wales team,{{cite web |title=NSW v Australians |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/130/130933.html |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=27 March 2021}} the Sydney Morning Herald recording that Davis "proved that the confidence placed in his powers as a batsman was justified".{{cite web |title=The Australian Eleven vs New South Wales Fifteen |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1377074 |website=Trove |access-date=27 March 2021}} He subsequently played twenty first-class matches for New South Wales between 1879–80 and 1893–94.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5814/5814.html |title=Jonas Davis |access-date=26 December 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}

A batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, Joe Davis' highest first-class score was for New South Wales against Ivo Bligh's XI in 1882–83, when, opening the batting, he scored 85 in the second innings out of a team total of 165.{{cite web |title=New South Wales v IFW Bligh's XI 1882-83 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1880S/1882-83/ENG_IN_AUS/IBLIGH-XI_NSW_01-04DEC1882.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=26 March 2020}} He dropped out of the New South Wales team for interstate matches after the 1887–88 season, but he returned to captain the team on tours of New Zealand, in 1889–90{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1880S/1889-90/NSW_IN_NZ/ |title=NSW in New Zealand 1889-90 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} and 1893–94,{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1890S/1893-94/NSW_IN_NZ/ |title=NSW in New Zealand 1893-94 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} both tours having been organised and managed by Davis' older brother, Coleman (1857–1922).{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/235639.html |title=Wisden obituaries in 1922 |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4917.html |title=Coleman Davis profile |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}{{cite journal |last1=Not Out |title=A Few Notches |journal=Referee |date=22 February 1922 |page=12 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127922929}}

Davis was a jeweller.{{cite journal |title=Willow Wielders: The Passing of Noted Players |journal=Sydney Sportsman |date=24 May 1911 |page=7 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168591754#}} He married Phoebe Davis in Sydney in February 1885.{{cite journal |title=Ladies Page: Davis–Davis |journal=Australian Town and Country Journal |date=21 February 1885 |page=30 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71023849/5104785}}

He collapsed while playing bowls in May 1911 and died at home early the next morning, aged 52. He left a widow, a son and three daughters.{{cite journal |title=Personal |journal=Daily Telegraph |date=19 May 1911 |page=10 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/239089558}} He was buried in the Jewish section of Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rookwoodjewishcemetery.com.au/detail.php?id=2205 |title=Burial record |access-date=9 April 2019 |work=Rookwood Jewish Cemetery}} He is sometimes called "Jonas J. Davis", but his probate notice refers to him as "JONAS DAVIS commonly known as Joseph Davis".{{cite journal |title=Legal Notices |journal=Daily Telegraph |date=23 May 1911 |page=2 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/239095707}}