# Major Davis

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{No footnotes|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name              = Major Davis
| image             = 
| caption           =
| batting           = Right-handed
| bowling           = 
| columns           = 1
| column1           = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1          = 1 
| runs1             = 35
| bat avg1          = 17.50
| 100s/50s1         = 0/0
| top score1        = 29
| hidedeliveries    = true
| catches/stumpings1= 1/–
| source            = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12081.html Cricinfo
| date              = 14 April
| year              = 2023
}}

'''Major Davis''' (27 March 1882 – 27 April 1959) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played one [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) match, for [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 1911. He scored 29 and 6, and took one catch, to dismiss Oxford captain [John Evans](/source/John_Evans_(cricketer%2C_born_1889)).

Davis was born in [Lye](/source/Lye%2C_West_Midlands), then [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire); he died at the age of 71 in [Blakebrook](/source/Blakebrook), [Kidderminster](/source/Kidderminster).

His brother [John](/source/John_Davis_(Worcestershire_cricketer)) played four times for Worcestershire in 1922.

Note: it is not known whether "Major" was a name or a title.

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=12081}}

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Category:1882 births
Category:1959 deaths
Category:English cricketers
Category:Worcestershire cricketers
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Category:Cricketers from Worcestershire

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