David Price (South African cricketer)

David Price (13 August 1910 – 6 July 1942) was a South African first-class cricketer and South African Navy rating.

Born in Cape Town in August 1910, Price appeared in fourteen first-class matches for Western Province between 1934 and 1939. In batting, Price scored 204 runs, his top score being 28* and his batting average clocking in at 37.18. With his right-arm medium pace bowling, Price took 28 wickets with his best bowling being 5 for 124.

During the Second World War, Price served in the South African Navy as an able seaman, being assigned to the minesweeper HMS Niger (J73). On 6 July 1942, while serving in Arctic convoy QP 13, the Niger collided with a British-laid mine and sank, killing Price and 118 other sailors aboard. His body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.