Christopher Davies (cricketer)

Christopher Davies (cricketer)
Chris Davies
Personal information
Full name Christopher James Davies
Born 15 November 1978 (1978-11-15) (age 33)
Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm off-break
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
1997/98-2003/4 South Australia
Career statistics
Competition FC LA U-19T U-19ODI
Matches 25 38 8 13
Runs scored 1266 970 609 256
Batting average 28.13 26.94 38.06 21.33
100s/50s 2/7 1/5 1/2 0/1
Top score 125 125 109 54
Balls bowled - - - -
Wickets - - - -
Bowling average - - - -
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - - - -
Best bowling - - - -
Catches/stumpings 8/0 11/0 2/0 8/0
Source: CricketArchive,

Christopher James "Chris" Davies (born 15 November 1978 in Bedford Park) is a retired first-class cricketer who played for the Southern Redbacks. He is currently the CEO of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club.

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Playing career

A highly-promising number three batsman as a junior, Davies broke into the Southern Districts first XI at the age of just 14 before going on to both win the South Australia Young Cricketer of the Year Award[1] and represent Australia at Under-19 level, vice-captaining the side at the 1996 youth World Cup. After co-captaining the South Australia under-19 side with future Adelaide Crows captain Simon Goodwin, Davies made both his First Class and List-A debuts with the Redbacks in 1997. This was followed in 1998 by an explosive 125-run man-of-the-match performance in the Mercantile Mutual Cup against a Western Warriors outfit featuring present and future Australian internationals Michael Hussey, Damien Martyn, Tom Moody, Simon Katich, Brendon Julian, Ryan Campbell and Adam Gilchrist.[2]

Davies went on to play a total of 25 Sheffield Shield and 38 List-A matches for his State, making two First Class centuries (high score of 125)[3] and the single aforementioned List-A century before a series of debilitating shoulder injuries forced his premature retirement in March 2004.[4]

Shortly before his retirement Davies' efforts in the face of adversity were recognised at the 2003 The Advertiser-Channel 7 Sports Star of the Year Awards when he became the second recipient of the Tanya Denver Award after teammate Jason Gillespie.

Davies took the opportunity to send a message to kids with cystic fibrosis, an affliction Davies also suffers from. "Winning the Tanya Denver Award is truly an honour. I hope that by me winning this award, young kids who also suffer from cystic fibrosis might just realise it still is possible to achieve your dreams - whether in sport or other facets of life," he said.[5]

Coaching career

Upon retiring from first class level, Davies coached the Adelaide Cricket Club to the Minor Premiership of South Australia's A-Grade competition in 2004-05, winning coach of the year in the process.[6] In May 2007 he was appointed captain-coach of the prestigious Melbourne Cricket Club on a two-year contract[7] but resigned due to an inability to commit the necessary time to the position at the conclusion of the 2007/08 season after taking Melbourne to 2nd place in both the One Day and Two Day competitions - from 10th in season 2006/07 - and winning the Primary Edge Cup Twenty20 competition.[8]

Administration career

In July 2005, Davies was appointed to the position of General Manager, Cricket Operations and Membership of the Australian Cricketers' Association - The representative body of First Class and International cricketers in Australia and is widely regarded as one of the sport's best young administrators.[9]

In September 2008, Davies was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club.[10]

References

Notes
  1. ^ 'Young Cricketer of the Year Award Past Recipients', Australian Cricket Society of South Australia
  2. ^ 'South Australia vs. Western Australia - Mercantile Mutual Cup 1998/9'
  3. ^ 'Rogers defies Redbacks again to force draw', The Age, 12 November 2002
  4. ^ South Australian Cricket Association Media Release, 'Chris Davies retires from first class cricket', 3 March 2004
  5. ^ South Australian Cricket Association Media Release, 'Chris Davies recognised with Tanya Denver Award', 7 February 2004.
  6. ^ 'Ben Johnson wins 2005 Bradman Medal', Official SACA Website, 16 March 2005
  7. ^ 'Chris Davies Profile', Official Website of the Melbourne Cricket Club, 1 May 2007
  8. ^ 'MCC appoints Adam Dale as head cricket coach', Official Website of the Melbourne Cricket Club, 1 May 2008
  9. ^ 'Chris Davies joins the ACA', Australian Cricketers' Association
  10. ^ Candice Keller, 'Redback new Eagles boss', The Advertiser/AdelaideNow, 25 September 2008.

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