Emrys Davies
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David Emrys Davies (June 27, 1904 – November 10, 1975) was a Glamorgan cricketer and in his later years a Test cricket umpire.
Davies was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. His first class career for Glamorgan lasted for thirty one years, from 1924 till 1954. He was a left handed top order batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Two years after retirement he umpired his first Test match, going on to umpire nine in total. Davies died in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
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At the end of his 621 game career he had scored 26564 runs and 903 wickets as he put himself into the record books at Glamorgan.
- Twice took 100 wickets in a season, 1935 and 1937
- His 885 wickets for Glamorgan puts him 7th on their all time list as of 2007
- Holds the Glamorgan 3rd wicket record stand with Willie Jones of 313
- His tally of 26102 runs has been bettered only by Alan Jones
- In 1937 he scored 1954 runs which is the club's 7th highest total for a season
- He is one of only six cricketers from his county to have scored more than 30 centuries (31)
- His highest score of 287* was a club record until broken by Steve James in 2000, some 61 years later
- With 612 games to his name for Glamorgan, he is second only to Don Shepherd for the most capped player for the county