David Anthony Athelstan Gray (19 June 1922 – 9 November 2003) was an English cricketer. He made three first-class appearances in 1947, playing for Cambridge University and Essex County Cricket Club.
Born at Kensington in 1922,David Gray, CricInfo. Retrieved 10 June 2025. Gray was educated at Winchester College where he played cricket in the school team, captaining it in 1941. Described as bolding "steadily and sensibly",The Public Schools, 1940, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1941, p. 235. (Available online at Schools Cricket Online (archived December 2024 at The Wayback Machine). Retrieved 10 June 2025.) in 1940 he took six wickets in the college's victory against Harrow.Wisden 1941, op. cit., p. 196. As captain the following season Wisden thought that he "bowled most intelligently and encouraged others to follow his example" and considered him a "good captain".Cartwright GHM (1942) The Public Schools, 1941, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1942, p. 241. (Available online at Schools Cricket Online (archived November 2023 at The Wayback Machine). Retrieved 10 June 2025.) A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, the almanack considered him one of the leading schoolboy cricketers in his final year at Winchester, selecting him in its Public Schools XI in the 1942 edition.Wisden, 1942, op. cit., p. 239.
After leaving school, Gray joined the Royal Air Force. He served in Bomber Command for the remainder of World War II, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross.Obituaries in 2003, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2004. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 10 June 2025.) Following the war he went up to Cambridge. He played for Essex Second XI in 1946 before making his three first-class appearances the following season, playing twice for the university in early May. He made his only senior appearance for Essex in a match against the university later in the month. He took three first-class wickets, two for Cambridge and one for Essex.David Gray, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
Gray worked for the Imperial Tobacco Company in Bristol. He died in the city in 2003, aged 81.
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