Harry Donald Davies was an English first-class cricketer, amateur footballer and journalist.
14 Facts About Donny Davies
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Donny Davies was capped three times for the England national amateur football team in 1914, with tours of Austria, Hungary and Romania.
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Just a fortnight after receiving his wings, Donny Davies was shot down over the French town of Douai, captured, and placed in a German Prisoner of War camp.
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Donny Davies recovered from his ordeal and took up sport again, playing cricket for Bradshaw in the Bolton League.
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Donny Davies was lured to Lancashire and spent the 1924 and 1925 seasons there as an amateur.
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Donny Davies appeared in 11 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman, scoring 260 runs with a highest score of 46, and held four catches.
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Donny Davies made his highest score of 46 in his debut innings against Kent at Old Trafford before being dismissed by Test bowler Tich Freeman.
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In 1932, having begun his journalism career two years earlier, Donny Davies was given a job with The Manchester Guardian newspaper and was their football reporter under the name "An Old International".
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Donny Davies did some work on the radio for the BBC.
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Donny Davies served as a member of the Lancashire committee from 1930 to 1956 and, in 1957, just before his death, was appointed vice-president.
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Donny Davies was considered to be one of the finest writers in the game of football.
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Donny Davies, who had spent the 1950s covering Manchester United's footballing exploits, was killed along with 22 others.
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Donny Davies expressed a desire to attend the trip at the last moment and replaced Arlott.
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Donny Davies was 65 at the time of his death and was the oldest victim of the tragedy.