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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Ian Davison
|               image = File:Ian Davison of Notts.jpg
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Ian Joseph Davison
|            nickname =
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|10|4|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Hertfordshire]]
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|1|2|1937|10|4|df=yes}}
|            heightft =
|          heightinch =
|             heightm =
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]]
|                role =
|              family =
|               club3 = Bedfordshire
|               year3 = 1967–1969
|               club2 = [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]
|               year2 = 1959–1966
|               club1 = [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club|Bedfordshire]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1955–1958}}
|             columns = 2
|             column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
|            matches1 = 178
|               runs1 = 1,641
|            bat avg1 = 9.06
|           100s/50s1 = 0/3
|          top score1 = 60[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries1 = 31,810
|            wickets1 = 541
|           bowl avg1 = 28.81
|            fivefor1 = 22
|             tenfor1 = 2
|       best bowling1 = 7/28
|  catches/stumpings1 = 91/–
|             column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
|            matches2 = 8
|               runs2 = 45
|            bat avg2 = 15.00
|           100s/50s2 = 0/0
|          top score2 = 22
|         deliveries2 = 538
|            wickets2 = 9
|           bowl avg2 = 28.22
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 4/34
|  catches/stumpings2 = 26/–
|                date = 7 December
|                year = 2011
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12087.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Ian Joseph Davison''' (4 October 1937 – 2 January 2017) was an English [[cricket]]er.  Davison was a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled right-arm [[Seam bowling|medium-fast]].  He was born at [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28987/28987.html|title=Player profile: Ian Davison|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 December 2011}}</ref>
After several seasons with [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club|Bedfordshire]] in the [[Minor Counties Cricket Championship|Minor Counties competition]] he played as an opening bowler for [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] between 1959 and 1966. His best season was in 1963, when he took 111 wickets at 21.92. In the 1966 season, ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' records that he "began well as opening partner to [[Carlton Forbes]], but beset in mid-season by injury he faded and eventually lost his place. He has now accepted a business appointment."<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1967, p. 528.</ref> He was only 28 when he retired from first-class cricket. He played three more seasons with Bedfordshire, then retired from all cricket after the 1969 season.
He died on 2 January 2017 at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html |title=IAN DAVISON |access-date=18 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622192424/http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html |archive-date=22 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=12087}}
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