Education
Street John"s College.
psychologist cricketer rugby union player
Street John"s College.
He was an all-round academic and sportsman. He played cricket for Kent as an off-spinner during the summer holidays and rugby union for Blackheath F.C. in the winter. Playing for Cambridge University against the touring Australians in 1934, he bowled Don Bradman for a duck.
He joined the War Office at the onset of war as chief psychologist in the Directorate of Personnel Selection.
In the early 1950s, he returned to Cambridge University as Secretary of the University Appointments Board. He was also an executive director of the Bank of England and an occasional journalist with the Daily Telegraph.
After retiring from county cricket he played for Master Control Console in the annual first-class match against Cambridge University from 1953 to 1961, captaining the side on the last seven occasions. In 1990 Davies was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
He was a member of the Master Control Console Committee and became Treasurer (1976–1980) and President (1985–1986).