Henry Richard Davies (born 2 September 1970) is an English former first-class

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Davies was born at

Camberwell Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...

in September 1970. He was educated at St Dunstan's College, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Hampshire in 1990. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1992, making a total of seventeen appearances. He scored a total of 178 runs in his seventeen matches, averaging 12.71 and with a high score of 39. With his right-arm off-break bowling, he took 13 wickets at a

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of 105.92, with best figures of 3 for 93.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Henry 1970 births Living people People from Camberwell People educated at St Dunstan's College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers