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Darnton Davey
Darnton Charles "Don" Davey (7 July 1856 – 7 October 1911) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal from 1889 to 1898. Life and careerAn opening and middle-order batsman and slow bowler, who also played as a wicketkeeper for Natal in 1889–90, Don Davey was born in England and educated in Colchester.[1] He played a few minor games for Essex[2] before going in his mid-20s to Natal, where he worked as an engineer with the Natal Harbour Board.[3][4] Davey toured England with the first South African touring team in 1894, when no first-class matches were played. He suffered a leg injury just when he was beginning to make useful scores, and was unable to play again on the tour.[1] Davey was one of the most prominent cricketers in Natal in the 1880s and early 1890s.[1] He made 80, the highest score of the match, when Natal lost to Transvaal by one wicket in the Currie Cup in 1894–95.[5] A few days later he umpired the Currie Cup final.[6] He top-scored (making 78) for Natal in his last first-class innings, against Border in 1897–98.[7] Davey died of heart disease in Durban in October 1911, aged 55.[1] References
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