670:. He failed to pass 50 in any of his other innings. The 1980/81 season was another relatively poor one for Davis. He played 7 matches scoring just 251 runs, with a top score of 91 not out. He finished the season with an average of 27.88. However NSW, under the captaincy of Rick McCosker, finished runners-up in the table only 3 points behind Western Australia. NSW would finish even closer runners-up in 1981/82 just two points behind David Hookes'
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bouncer. Packer was said to encourage his bowlers to be aggressive. Traditional cricket followers became shocked by the posturing and bad-language broadcast via pitch microphones. The highly charged atmosphere and Packer's preference for fast bowling led to many of the WSC stars, including Davis, to
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in 1977. As one of the brightest talents in
Australia his signature was considered vital for the marketing and success of the brand. In the first year of WSC (1977/78) Davis played 3 Supertests scoring a best of 84 against the World XI. He would play 2 more Supertests in the 1978/79 season scoring
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beating
Western Australia in the final, Davis scored 44 from 57 balls, in a thrilling 4 run win. The 1976/77 season saw a return to form for Davis, he returned to NSW, after just one season away, and topped their batting averages (53.83) after scoring two hundreds in the first four matches of the
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1982/83 proved to be Davis' final first-class season. NSW were again runners-up to
Western Australia, this time by four points. But Davis played just twice scoring 87 runs. Davis retired aged just 30. His last first-class match being played on 10 February 1983 against the touring
547:. For the 1975/76 season Davis moved to Queensland. Under the captaincy of Greg Chappell, Davis was chosen to open the batting. Although not as spectacular as his debut season he averaged 34.08 from 12 innings in 8 matches, with a top score of 61. That season Queensland won the
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The 1979/80 season saw the Packer players return to their State sides. Although Davis would play only three
Sheffield Shield matches that season batting back down the order at 4. The highlight of his being a score of 112 against the new fully participating
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A two test tour to New
Zealand followed the Pakistan series. Davis finished the tour with an average of 33.72 and top score of 68 from 12 innings in 6 matches. He scored only 75 runs in the tests with a top score of just 34. The thrilling
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The 1974/75 season was a poor one for Davis. He failed to register a first-class century, scoring only one fifty. He played 15 innings in 8 matches averaging only 17.21. His place in the test XI had been taken by the returning
492:. Davis ended the season top of the NSW batting averages with 52.90 in 12 innings in 7 Sheffield Shield matches, the 109 not out being his only century, with 5 fifties. He was sixth overall in the Shield batting averages, with
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Davis was selected for the test series in New
Zealand playing in all three tests. He scored his first test fifty in Christchurch in March 1974 scoring exactly 50 runs from 107 balls before being caught by New Zealand captain
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party to tour
England. Davis played two ODIs on the tour scoring one run in two innings, he never played another ODI. In the five test series Davis was picked in the second, third and fourth tests opening with
629:. The fact that Davis averaged roughly half as many runs in Supertests as he did in official tests highlights the high level of competition in WSC. It was during the second Supertest that Australian batsman
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match against
England at the MCG was played in March 1977, Davis scoring a vital 68 in the Aussies' second innings. Australia won the match by 45 runs, Dennis Lillee claiming 11 wickets in the match.
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and backed up with 50 not out in the second innings. He finished the tour averaging a very good 43.71 from the seven matches he played. Davis was in good company on the tour, along with Cosier,
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in
December 1973 (just a month after debut and aged just 20). A weak New Zealand side were routed by an innings and 25 runs. Davis, batting at 6, scoring 15 runs before being caught behind by
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649:. He played in 18 International Cup matches over the two seasons scoring 428 runs (ave. 25.18) with two fifties (top score 69). Davis was selected for the marquee WSC Tour of the
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clubbed together to sponsor his journey, something Davis remains grateful for to this day. On tour Davis was chosen to open the batting with another future test player
674:. Davis had his best season since 1976/77 averaging 38 with two hundreds, he had moved back to open the batting. His best innings (133) coming against Tasmania at
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just 48 runs (ave. 12). Davis found breaking into the WSC Australian XI just as tough as the official side his path being blocked by McCosker and
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International Cup (the 40 over competition), which is surprising given he was only selected for three official
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would not only be Davis' last test but also the last officially recognised first class match he would play until the 1979/80 season.
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in 1969/70 with the Australian Schoolboys XI. To ensure he could make the trip his local community in
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Davis performed well enough to be included in the Australian squad for the 1974/75
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Ian Davis' talent was spotted early and he was selected to tour the
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His maiden first-class century came on 18 January 1974 against
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Cricket Archive – Australian Schoolboys in West Indies 1969/70
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Cricinfo – Australia v New Zealand, Melbourne 1974 Scorecard
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Cricket Archive – Sheffield Shield Batting Averages 1973/74
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The Times – Caught in Time: Australia Tour of England 1977
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The Australian winter of 1977 saw Davis selected in the
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Cricket Archive New Zealand v Australia 1st ODI 1974
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South Coast Register – Test cricketer backs Matthews
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982:Sportsmen from New South Wales
711:"Cricinfo – Ian Davis Profile"
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