John Oliver Davy (born 1 July 1974[1]) is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in a match against Scotland in July 1997 and went on to play for them in crucial matches. His last match was against Zimbabwe A in April 2000.[2] His matches for Ireland include two first-class matches against Scotland[3] and four with List A status.[4] His total contribution for Ireland was 131 runs at an average of 8.73, with a top score of 51 not out against Scotland in August 1997, and 33 wickets at an average of 34.85. His best bowling figures were 4/16 against Wales in July 1997.[2]
| Cricket information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: CricketArchive, 30 December 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He represented Ireland in the 1998 European Championship[5] and in the ICC Emerging Nations Tournament in 2000. His twin brother Peter also represented Ireland at cricket.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Cricket Archive profile
- ^ a b CricketEurope Stats Zone profile Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ First-class matches played by John Davy at Cricket Archive
- ^ List A matches played by John Davy at Cricket Archive
- ^ "Ireland squad at the 1998 European Championship". Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
 | This biographical article related to Irish cricket is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |