Rodney David (19 June 1907 — 2 July 1969) was a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

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. He was a right-handed batsman who played for

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. He was born in Cardiff and died in Hellingly. David, who played his club cricket for Margam, made his first-class debut against a team captained and assembled by

HDG Leveson-Gower Sir Henry Dudley Gresham Leveson Gower ( ; 8 May 1873 – 1 February 1954) was an English cricketer from the Leveson-Gower family. He played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Surrey and captained England in Test cricket. His school n ...

, against whom he scored 17 runs in the only innings in which he batted. David would not make another first-class appearance for four seasons, when he played against Cambridge University. David's only County Championship game came later in the same week against Northamptonshire, against whom he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted and a single run in the second.

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