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Christopher James "Chris" Davies (born 15 November 1978, in Bedford Park) is a retired first-class cricketer who played for the South Australia cricket team. Since retiring at the early age of 24 due to incessant shoulder injuries, he has held numerous sports administration positions, including GM Operations of the Australian Cricketers' Association, CEO of the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club, GM Football at the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and is currently the GM Football Operations at the Port Adelaide Football Club (PAFC) in the AFL. ==Playing career== A highly-promising number three batsman as a junior, Davies broke into the Southern Districts first XI, which played in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, aged 14 and won the South Australia Young Cricketer of the Year Award〔('Young Cricketer of the Year Award Past Recipients' ), Australian Cricket Society of South Australia〕 and subsequently represented Australia at Under-19 level, vice-captaining the side at the 1996 youth World Cup. After co-captaining the South Australia under-19 side with Simon Goodwin, who would later quit cricket to concentrate on Australian rules football and eventually captained Australian Football League (AFL) club, the Adelaide Crows, Davies made both his First Class and List A debuts with South Australia in 1997. This was followed in 1998 by an explosive 125-run man-of-the-match performance in the Mercantile Mutual Cup against a Western Australian outfit featuring future Australian players Michael Hussey, Damien Martyn, Tom Moody, Simon Katich, Brendon Julian, Ryan Campbell and Adam Gilchrist.〔('South Australia vs. Western Australia – Mercantile Mutual Cup 1998/9' )〕 Davies went on to play 25 Sheffield Shield and 38 List-A matches for South Australia, making two First Class centuries (high score of 125)〔('Rogers defies Redbacks again to force draw' ), ''The Age'', 12 November 2002〕 and one List-A century before a series of debilitating shoulder injuries forced his premature retirement in March 2004.〔South Australian Cricket Association Media Release, ('Chris Davies retires from first class cricket' ), 3 March 2004〕 Shortly before his retirement, Davies' efforts in the face of adversity were recognised at the 2003 The Advertiser-Channel 7 Sports Star of the Year Awards when he became the second recipient of the Tanya Denver Award after teammate Jason Gillespie. Davies took the opportunity to send a message to kids with cystic fibrosis, an affliction Davies also suffers from. "Winning the Tanya Denver Award is truly an honour. I hope that by me winning this award, young kids who also suffer from cystic fibrosis might just realise it still is possible to achieve your dreams – whether in sport or other facets of life," he said.〔South Australian Cricket Association Media Release, ('Chris Davies recognised with Tanya Denver Award' ), 7 February 2004.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Davies (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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