Adam James Davies (born 26 October 1980) is a Welsh

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er. Davies is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in

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. Davies played a single

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match for Wales Minor Counties in 1999 against

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. From 1999 to 2003, Davies played a number of Second XI matches for the Glamorgan Second XI, before playing his only

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match, which came for Wales Minor Counties against

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in the

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. In the match he scored 17 runs and took 2 wickets for the cost of 24 runs from 6 overs.List A Bowling For Each Team by Adam Davies
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, played

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for

from 1955 to 1960.

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