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Alan Keith Davidson 

Australia's Greatest Left-Arm All-Rounder

Davidson is a member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and the ICC's Hall of Fame and he was also made a member of the Order of the British Empire in 1964 and awarded an Order of Australia in 1987.

Alan Davidson - young
Alan Davidson bowling
Alan Davidson bowled stumps
Alan Davidson batting
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Alan Davidson at home uniform

Alan's Story

Alan Davidson certainly doesn't need to much of an introduction however to give some overview of his career here are some quick facts
• Alan played his first 1st grade game for Lisarow Cricket Club in 1943 and after the war played for the Lisarow Ourimbah Cricket Club
• Locally Alan played in our John Bull Shield side & also in numerous representative games against many Sydney First Grade Teams
• He represented Country Week in Sydney aged 18 represented Hunter Valley and despite 5/29, 5/45 & 2/54 in three games was a controversial omission from the Combined Country team.
• He played in Sydney for Northern Districts, in his first year being a member of their first ever 1st Grade premiership in 1948/49 and won the 1st grade bowling average that year as well
• He also played for Western Suburbs from 1952/53 and was a member of 58/59, 59/60 & 63/64 premiership winning teams.
• Alan Davidson had a distinguished Representative Career playing for NSW in the Sheffield Shield from 1949 to 1963 and was an integral part of 10 Shield winning teams in that time.
• Alan Davidson is still the only locally grown Australian TEST player
• His TEST career spanned from 1953 to 1963 playing 44 tests and was the first player to achieve the double of 10 wickets in a match and scoring a hundred in the tied test v West Indies 60/61 in Brisbane.
• He took 186 wickets @ 20.58 and scored 1328 runs @ 24.59 and took 42 catches.
• Alan Davidson will always be a legend of Central Coast Cricket and is a genuine and obvious inductee into CCCA Hall of Fame.

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