John Davies (3 February 1926 – 1 April 2005) was a

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who played for

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. He was born in Pontypridd and died in

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. Davies played club cricket for Pontypridd, Ludlow, and the Forty Club. Davies played for Glamorgan Second XI between 1952 and 1957. Davies made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1952 season, against Worcestershire. From the upper-middle order, he scored 11 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.

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