David Fairey
David Harold Richardson Fairey is a former English cricketer. Fairey was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-pace. Born in Linton, Cambridgeshire, he was also a field hockey player.
Fairey made his debut for Cambridgeshire [County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire] in the 1957 Minor [Counties Championship] against Hertfordshire [County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]. Fairey played Minor [counties of English and Welsh cricket|Minor counties] cricket for Cambridgeshire from 1957 to 1979, which included 88 Minor Counties Championship matches. In 1964, he made his List A debut against Essex in the Gillette Cup. He played five further List A matches for Cambridgeshire, the last coming against Northamptonshire in 1975. In his six List A matches, he scored 72 runs at a batting average of 14.40, with a high score of 22. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 20.33, with best figures of 2/8.
Outside of cricket, he played field hockey for Cambridgeshire and England men's national field [hockey team|England]. Fairey's father-in-law, Maurice Crouch, played List A and Minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire, as well as first-class cricket for other teams.