Harpo's Famous Canadians part XXIV John Davison played for Canada in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. He thumped a century in only 67 balls against the West Indies which was a record for the fastest century in a world cup match and the fifth (now the sixth) fastest century in one-day internationals. He followed that with the third-fastest (only 25 balls) world cup fifty against New Zealand a few days later.

Davison was born to Australian parents in Vancouver Island and lived there for a total of five weeks before he returned with his parents to Australia where he has lived ever since. He played state cricket for Victoria and South Australia. He captained Canada in their first first-class match in over fifty years in last year's ICC Intercontinental cup in a match against USA when he took 17/134 bowling his right-arm offspin (which is what I bowl, although I've never taken seventeen wickets in a match) — the best bowling figures in first-class cricket since Jim Laker in 1956.

All Canadians should know his name and cheer his efforts. Hooray for Canadians.

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