Roy Davies (cricketer)

{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Roy Davies

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = David Roy Davies

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|8|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|7|14|1928|8|12|df=y}}

| death_place = West Clandon, England

| heightft =

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| family = Haydn Davies (brother)
Andrew Davies (nephew)

| club1 = Glamorgan

| year1 = 1950

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 7

| bat avg1 = 7.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 7

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 3 July

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11814.html Cricinfo

}}

David Roy Davies (12 August 1928 – 14 July 2013) was a 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.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4386/First-Class_Matches.html First-Class Matches played by Roy Davies] In the match, he scored 7 runs in his only first-class innings.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4386/f_Batting_by_Team.html First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Roy Davies]

Davies was an industrial chemist and fuel technologist who later worked for Unilever. Davies also played squash, a sport he represented Wales in.