John William Davis (10 April 1882 – 29 October 1963) was an English footballer who played in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

for Derby County; he was also a

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 who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920. Davis was born at Ironville, Derbyshire. He is recorded as having performed prodigiously for Quorn Cricket Club He played one match for Derbyshire during the 1920 season. This was in August against Essex when he made 8 and 1 in his two innings and made two catches. Davis was a right-hand batsman who played 2 innings in 1 first-class match making a total of 9.John Davis at Cricket Archive
/ref> Davis died at Ripley, Derbyshire at the age of 81.

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1882 births 1963 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Grimsby Town F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Ilkeston United F.C. players Derbyshire cricketers English cricketers People from Ironville Footballers from Derbyshire Cricketers from Derbyshire {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub