An opening and middle-order batsman and slow bowler, who also played as a wicketkeeper for Natal in 1889–90, Don Davey was born in England and educated in Colchester.

He suffered a leg injury just when he was beginning to make useful scores, and was unable to play again on the tour.

[1] He made 80, the highest score of the match, when Natal lost to Transvaal by one wicket in the Currie Cup in 1894–95.

[6] He top-scored (making 78) for Natal in his last first-class innings, against Border in 1897–98.

[7] Davey died of heart disease in Durban in October 1911, aged 55.