Popular cricket identity Greg Davidson has been made the 38th Life Member of the Sydney Cricket Association following their Ordinary General Meeting last month.

Known throughout the cricket community as ‘Davo’, Davidson has been well renowned in Premier Cricket circles for decades, have played first grade for almost 20 years at Parramatta, before forging a decorated career as an umpire.

As a player, Davidson was a Parramatta stalwart, featuring in 242 top grade matches, captaining the side for five seasons and taking 315 wickets at 27.51. He also scored 2935 runs at 17.06 and took 121 catches. He is a Life member of the Parramatta District Cricket Club.

Davidson is now in his 17th season as an umpire, having commenced in 2008/09 before making his first class debut in Hobart in December 2013 when he officiated the match between Tasmania and Western Australia.

In 16 years in charge of first grade fixtures Davidson has stood in 160 matches, including nine Belvidere Cup finals, seven First Grade L/O Cup finals and a pair of Kingsgrove Sports T20 Cup finals.

Domestically Davidson has featured in 43 first class matches, 42 men’s List A matches and 108 BBL games, while internationally he’s served in two women’s Ashes Tests, six women’s ODIs and five women’s T20Is.