Roger Clive Davis (born 15 January 1946) is a Welsh former county cricketer who played for Glamorgan for 13 years as an all-rounder.
[1] While having a quiet career from his debut in 1964 until 1970, he then enjoyed five years of greater success, including scoring over 1,000 runs in the 1975 season, before a rapid decline in 1976 which saw him dropped from the team.
[1] He became headline news in 1971, when a ball hit him on the side of the head while he was fielding in the dangerous "short leg" position, causing his heart and breathing to stop.
John Davis debut for Glamorgan in 1959 having graduated from the University of Oxford and played in 13 matches before retiring to teaching in 1967.
[1] He was not chosen for the 1965 season, but returned in 1966 for 12 matches, hit 273 runs at 13.00 with one half-century,[4] and taking six wickets at 28.50.
[6] In 1969, he helped Glamorgan to their county championship victory, taking 33 catches, often in dangerous positions close to the batsman.
[9] Over the winter of 1969/1970 Davis toured the West Indies, however he found playing difficult there during the two first-class matches.
Davis hit 528 runs at 25.14, a career best average at that point, and scored his highest first-class total, 134.
[4] In contrast to this success, the most difficult time of his career began in May 1971 during a match against Warwickshire at Cardiff.
Davis was struck on the head by a cricket ball, while fielding close to the batsman at short leg.
Cricket players wore little protective equipment at the time,[2] and David began to suffer convulsions before being given CPR by a doctor from the crowd.
[4] He also found some success in his one-day batting, reaching his highest score thus far, 46*, and hit a career best 219 at 16.84.
Davis took three wickets for 44 runs off of four overs, those of Michael Cann, John Derrick and the century maker Matthew Maynard.
Davis then opened the batting for Glamorgan 1969 with Alan Jones, scoring three before being bowled by Steve Watkin.