Career
He appeared in 169 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman. He was an occasional wicketkeeper and right arm medium pace seamer. Davis was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire on 24 May 1915 and died in Leicester on 4 July 2001.
He scored 6,363 runs in first-class cricket with a highest score of 237, one of ten centuries.
He was the elder brother of Eddie Davis.