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Full name | William Francis Morris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pretoria, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa | 30 March 1955|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Chris Morris (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1973/74–1991/92 | Northern Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,21 December 2017 |
William Francis Morris (born 30 March 1955) is a South African former first-class cricketer. [1]
Morris was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman. He represented Northern Transvaal Schools in the 1972/3 Nuffield Week [2] and made his senior debut for Northern Transvaal in October 1973 in the Gillette Cup. He played for Northern Transvaal from 1973 until 1991. [3] [4]
He is the father of South African international cricketer Chris Morris. [5] [6]
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