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Full name Charles Allan Davis
Born January 1, 1944, Belmont, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Current age 64 years 322 days
Major teams West Indies,Trinidad
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
15
29
5
1301
183
54.20
4
4
1
4
0
First-class
90
152
18
5538
183
41.32
14
28
44
0
List A
2
2
1
12
12
12.00
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
15
20
894
330
2
1/27
1/29
165.00
2.21
447.0
0
0
0
First-class
90
2480
63
7/106
39.36
3
0
List A
2
30
54
2
2/54
2/54
27.00
10.80
15.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 1968 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, Apr 21-26, 1973 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1960/61 - 1975/76
List A span
1969 - 1972/73
Profile
Charlie Davis was a solid, dependable right-hand middle-order batsman who
started his first-class career with a fifty for Trinidad aged only 17 in 1960-61 but it took a good Shell Shield season in 1967-68 - and 158 against the touring Enlish - for him to come into Test reckoning. After one appearance in Australia in 1968-69, he made a hundred at Lord's in 1969 in only his third Test - it was West Indies only three-figure score in the series - and followed with a superb home series against India, scoring 529 runs at 132.25 in four Tests, including two hundreds and three fifties. The following season he again shone, scoring well against New Zealand and averaging 58.25 in the five Tests with one hundred, a career-best 183 at Bridgetown. But he inexplicably lost his place against Australia in 1972-73, playing only the last two Tests, despite another good domestic season, and soon drifted out of the game. He was unfortunate not only because of selectorial whims, but also that he happened to be playing while West Indies were in transition, and he was at his peak at a time new faces were forging their way into the side. He was also a good fielder and a useful seamer - good enough to head the bowling averages in Australia and New Zealand in 1968-69, where his 24 wickets included 7 for 106 against South Australia.
Martin Williamson
