David Gray (cricketer)
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| Full name | David Anthony Athelstan Gray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1922 Kensington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 November 2003 (aged 81) Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Anthony Athelstan Gray DFC (19 June 1922 – 9 November 2003) was an English cricketer. He made three first-class appearances in 1947, playing for Cambridge University and Essex County Cricket Club.
Born at Kensington in 1922,[1] Gray was educated at Winchester College where he played cricket in the school team, captaining it in 1941. Described as bolding "steadily and sensibly",[2] in 1940 he took six wickets in the college's victory against Harrow.[3] As captain the following season Wisden thought that he "bowled most intelligently and encouraged others to follow his example" and considered him a "good captain".[4] A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, the almanack considered him one of the leading schoolboy cricketers in his final year at Winchester, selecting him in its Public Schools XI in the 1942 edition.[5]
After leaving school, Gray joined the Royal Air Force. He served in Bomber Command for the remainder of World War II, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross.[6] Following the war he went up to Cambridge. He played for Essex Second XI in 1946 before making his three first-class appearances the following season, playing twice for the university in early May. He made his only senior appearance for Essex in a match against the university later in the month. He took three first-class wickets, two for Cambridge and one for Essex.[1][7]
Gray worked for the Imperial Tobacco Company in Bristol.[7] He died in the city in 2003, aged 81.[6][1]
References
- 1 2 3 David Gray, CricInfo. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ↑ The Public Schools, 1940, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1941, p. 235. (Available online at Schools Cricket Online (archived December 2024 at The Wayback Machine). Retrieved 10 June 2025.)
- ↑ Wisden 1941, op. cit., p. 196.
- ↑ Cartwright GHM (1942) The Public Schools, 1941, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1942, p. 241. (Available online at Schools Cricket Online (archived November 2023 at The Wayback Machine). Retrieved 10 June 2025.)
- ↑ Wisden, 1942, op. cit., p. 239.
- 1 2 Obituaries in 2003, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2004. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 10 June 2025.)
- 1 2 David Gray, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2025. (subscription required)