| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher James Davies | |||
| Born | 15 November 1978 Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia |
|||
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off-break | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997/98-2003/4 | South Australia | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | U-19T | U-19ODI |
| Matches | 25 | 38 | 8 | 13 |
| Runs scored | 1266 | 970 | 609 | 256 |
| Batting average | 28.13 | 26.94 | 38.06 | 21.33 |
| 100s/50s | 2/7 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
| Top score | 125 | 125 | 109 | 54 |
| Balls bowled | - | - | - | - |
| Wickets | - | - | - | - |
| Bowling average | - | - | - | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | - | - | - |
| Catches/stumpings | 8/0 | 11/0 | 2/0 | 8/0 |
| Source: CricketArchive, | ||||
Christopher James "Chris" Davies (born 15 November 1978 in Bedford Park) is a retired first-class cricketer who played for the Southern Redbacks. He is currently the CEO of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club.
Contents |
A highly-promising number three batsman as a junior, Davies broke into the Southern Districts first XI at the age of just 14 before going on to both win the South Australia Young Cricketer of the Year Award[1] and represent Australia at Under-19 level, vice-captaining the side at the 1996 youth World Cup. After co-captaining the South Australia under-19 side with future Adelaide Crows captain Simon Goodwin, Davies made both his First Class and List-A debuts with the Redbacks in 1997. This was followed in 1998 by an explosive 125-run man-of-the-match performance in the Mercantile Mutual Cup against a Western Warriors outfit featuring present and future Australian internationals Michael Hussey, Damien Martyn, Tom Moody, Simon Katich, Brendon Julian, Ryan Campbell and Adam Gilchrist.[2]
Davies went on to play a total of 25 Sheffield Shield and 38 List-A matches for his State, making two First Class centuries (high score of 125)[3] and the single aforementioned List-A century before a series of debilitating shoulder injuries forced his premature retirement in March 2004.[4]
Shortly before his retirement Davies' efforts in the face of adversity were recognised at the 2003 The Advertiser-Channel 7 Sports Star of the Year Awards when he became the second recipient of the Tanya Denver Award after teammate Jason Gillespie.
Davies took the opportunity to send a message to kids with cystic fibrosis, an affliction Davies also suffers from. "Winning the Tanya Denver Award is truly an honour. I hope that by me winning this award, young kids who also suffer from cystic fibrosis might just realise it still is possible to achieve your dreams - whether in sport or other facets of life," he said.[5]
Upon retiring from first class level, Davies coached the Adelaide Cricket Club to the Minor Premiership of South Australia's A-Grade competition in 2004-05, winning coach of the year in the process.[6] In May 2007 he was appointed captain-coach of the prestigious Melbourne Cricket Club on a two-year contract[7] but resigned due to an inability to commit the necessary time to the position at the conclusion of the 2007/08 season after taking Melbourne to 2nd place in both the One Day and Two Day competitions - from 10th in season 2006/07 - and winning the Primary Edge Cup Twenty20 competition.[8]
In July 2005, Davies was appointed to the position of General Manager, Cricket Operations and Membership of the Australian Cricketers' Association - The representative body of First Class and International cricketers in Australia and is widely regarded as one of the sport's best young administrators.[9]
In September 2008, Davies was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club.[10]