Team of the Century

PRAHRAN CRICKET CLUB FOUNDED 1879

Simon Davis Fast Bowler (1979 – 1988)

Davis, Simon Peter
b: 8 November 1959

Simon “Sniffer” Davis played Australian Test cricket in 1986 and played for Prahran from 1979 to 1988 for a total of 80 1st XI games. He won the bowling average twice. Simon was also an Australian One Day and Test player and represented and captained Victoria. He was a member of Prahran’s 1983-84 Premiership team.

Wisden Cricinfo Profile
Simon Davis, a right-arm fast-medium in-swing bowler, made his only Test appearance against New Zealand in 1985-86, although in three seasons he did add play in 39 ODIs. He cut his teeth with two summers in Minor Counties cricket at Durham (England) in 1982 and 1983, and on his return to Australia in 1983-84 made his debut for Victoria. Quickly labeled as a one-day specialist, more so after his one undistinguished Test outing, his form for his state tended to argue again such pigeonholing. What was not in doubt was that he was an appalling batsman. In 48 first-class matches he managed 98 runs, 26 fewer than his total of wickets.

Davis, Simon Peter				b: 8/11/1959
	Club	M	I	NO	R	HS	Avg	100	50	R	W	Avg	BB	5wi	10wm	Ct/St
1979-80	Prah	3	1	1	4	4*	-	-	-	152	10	15.20	4/48	-	-	1
1980-81	Prah	14	7	3	32	18	8.00	-	-	586	35	16.74	5/18	4	-	2
1981-82	Prah	14	5	2	7	6	2.33	-	-	717	31	23.12	4/31	-	-	1
1982-83	Prah	15	9	4	19	8	3.80	-	-	789	42	18.78	6/61	3	-	3
1983-84	Prah	12	3	3	11	8*	-	-	-	593	32	18.53	6/51	1	-	2
1984-85	Prah	8	3	0	4	3	1.33	-	-	217	17	12.76	7/45	1	-	0
1985-86	Prah	4	did not bat							166	8	20.75	3/33	-	-	1
1986-87	Prah	4	2	2	3	2*	-	-	-	129	9	14.33	4/30	-	-	0
1987-88	Prah	6	2	2	6	6*	-	-	-	296	13	22.76	4/36	-	-	2
1988-89	Ess	15	6	3	24	17	8.00	-	-	668	32	20.87	4/36	-	-	5
1989-90	Ess	14	8	4	4	2	1.00	-	-	715	30	23.83	5/34	1	-	4
1990-91	Ess	15	12	8	108	44*	27.00	-	-	479	24	19.95	4/28	-	-	4
		124	58	32	222	44*	8.53	-	-	5507	283	19.45	7/45	10	-	25
For Prahran
		80	32	17	86	18	5.73	-	-	3645	197	18.50	7/45	9	-	12