Mark Davies

Mark Davies is a former Welsh cricketer. Davies was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Neath, Glamorgan. Having spent time on the MCC staff and played Second XI cricket for the Glamorgan Second XI since 1987, Davies made a single first-class appearance for Glamorgan against Oxford University at the University Parks in 1990. In this match he scored 5 unbeaten runs, while with the ball he bowled 8 wicket-less overs. He joined Gloucestershire in 1992, making his first-class debut for the county in the County Championship against Yorkshire. He made 43 further first-class appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1995 County Championship. In his 44 first-class appearances for the county, he scored 627 runs at an average of 14.92, with a high score of 54. This score, his only first-class half century, came against Nottinghamshire in the 1994 County Championship. As a bowler, Davies took 110 wickets at a respectable bowling average of 35.10.