Edward Davis (8 March 1922 – 16 July 2011) was an English

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er. He was a right-handed batsman. Davis was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire. He made his first-class debut for

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against

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in the

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. He made 103 further first-class appearances for Northamptonshire, the last of which came against

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in the

1956 County Championship The 1956 County Championship was the 57th officially organised running of the County Championship. Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has ...

. In his 104 first-class appearances, he scored 4,126 runs at an

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of 28.45, with a high score of 171. He made three centuries and 26 half centuries, which showed an inconsistency to make go on and make big scores. His highest score of 171 came against

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in the

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, which was his most successful season with 851 runs at an average of 34.04. He left Northamptonshire at the end of the 1957 season. In 1958, he joined

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. He made his debut for the county in the

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against

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. He played Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1958 to 1963, making 40 appearances. Three seasons after last playing for the county, Davis made a single

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appearance for Cambridgeshire against

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in the

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. In this match, he scored 6 runs before being dismissed by Don Wilson, with Cambridgeshire being bowled out for 43 and Yorkshire winning the match by 6 wickets. After retiring Davis worked as a PE teacher at Wisbech Grammar School. His older brother, Percy, also played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Eddie 1922 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Brackley English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Cambridgeshire cricketers Cricketers from Northamptonshire