Andrew George Davies (born 15 May 1962) is a former English

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er. Davies was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. Davies was born at Altrincham,

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into a cricketing family. His uncles, Roy and Haydn Davies both played first-class cricket for

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. His son Jack currently plays for Middlesex. He 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

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in 1984. Behind the

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, he took 28

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and made 4

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s. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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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

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match for

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against Wales Minor Counties.

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