David Merry (1923 – 4 May 1944) was a Tobagonian first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
Born in Tobago in 1923, Merry was educated at the Queen's Royal College, where he played cricket and association football.
[1] He appeared in two first-class matches for Trinidad against Barbados, both in February 1941 and both at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain.
[4] Merry's final cricket match, representing the West Indies against Lancashire, took place on 7 June 1942 at Longsight.
[6][7] Piloting Airspeed Oxford X6734 during a night training exercise on 4 May 1944, Merry died when the aircraft crashed near Penhold.