Edward Williams (cricketer, born 1925)

English cricketer

Edward Williams

Personal information

Full name|

Edward Lovell Williams

Born| 15 September 1925
Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Died| 24 December 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 88)
Chester, Cheshire, England
Batting| Left-handed
Bowling| Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1949| Leicestershire
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 1
Runs scored | 17
Batting average | 8.50
100s/50s | -/-
Top score | 14
Balls bowled | 78
Wickets | 2
Bowling average | 16.50
5 wickets in innings | -
10 wickets in match | -
Best bowling | 2/33
Catches/stumpings | -/-

Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2012

Edward Lovell Williams (15 September 1925 - 24 December 2013) was an English cricketer. Williams was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Williams made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Gloucestershire at Grace Road in the 1949 County Championship.[1] In Leicestershire's first-innings of 195 all out, Williams was run out for 10 runs. In Gloucestershire's first-innings response of 449/8 declared, Williams took figures of 2/33 with the ball. In Leicestershire's second-innings of 172 all out, he was dismissed for 3 runs by Sam Cook. Gloucestershire won the match by an innings and 82 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for the county.

He died at Chester, Cheshire on 24 December 2013.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Williams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. ^ "Leicestershire v Gloucestershire, 1949 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

## External links

[edit]

* Edward Williams at ESPNcricinfo
* Edward Williams at CricketArchive

This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template