Alfred Williams (cricketer)

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Alfred Edward Augustus Williams (born 20 November 1844) was an English cricketer active who played in three first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1865. [1] [2]

Williams was born at Ashford in Kent in 1844, the son of John and Catherine Williams. His father was a wine merchant and Williams followed him into the profession. He is first recorded as having played cricket for a Kent professional Colts side in 1863 and, despite making little impression in Colts cricket, played in three First XI matches for the county side in 1865. On his debut, against Sussex at Gravesend he scored 13 not out and took three wickets. These were his best figures for the side. His other matches came during the same season, both played against Yorkshire. [3]

It is possible that Williams played for the Gentlemen of Kent amateur side in 1867, although as a professional colt this is considered doubtful. [2] [3] At the 1871 census he was living in Ashford but was unemployed. [3] There is no record of him after this, although CricInfo's database records his death occurred in January 1914 at Lyminge in Kent aged 69. [1] This is not recorded in other sources and it is possible he may have emigrated. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alfred Williams, CricInfo. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. 1 2 Alfred Williams, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-06. (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp.580–581. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2021-02-09.)